Ex-Wabash domes

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James,


Happy to be of help.  But I made one error in the car list that I feel I should correct.  Wabash #1602 was not classified as a "Dome Coach."  It was a "Dome Parlor" car because it had a separate seating area under the dome aptly called "The Blue Bird Room."


According to the website, Passenger Car Photo Index, I have attempted to reconstruct the lineage of the two Pullman-built Dome cars.  But please keep in mind that after the cars left N&W service, I am uncertain of their precise subsequent ownership.  In other words, the post-N&W lineage may be out-of-order, chronologically.  Also, one or both cars may have been subsequently owned by another railroad that I have no knowledge of and is not listed.  In other words, the list may be incomplete:




Wabash #1602, to N&W #1602, to Central of Georgia #1602, to Southern #1602, to Missouri Pacific #893, to Illinois Central #2211.


Wabash #203, to N&W #1613, to Central of Georgia #1613, to Southern #1613, to Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway (number unknown).




Bill King




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Jim and Bill,


Thank You for the replies and answer to my question.  While I have tried to follow the history of these cars from the Southern side coming from the CofG.  I was not well versed on their full history.  


Since I model merger time and mid 1980’s to present I did mine in Pullman green for Southern.  I used the Walthers City car they listed as an ACF car.  I researched and found somewhere on the “net” that all UP passenger cars for City service were built to UP specs regardless of builder.



On Jul 5, 2018, at 4:22 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


According to the Society Archives' Roster, the N&W inherited six Dome cars from the Wabash.  As-constructed, the four Budd-built cars had fluted sides and the two Pullman-built cars had smooth sides:




Wabash #1601, Dome-Parlor-Observation car, built with fluted sides by Budd in 1950.  (I have never seen a photograph of this car re-lettered to N&W)
Wabash #1602, Dome Coach, built with smooth sides by Pullman in 1952.  Re-lettered and numbered N&W #1602.
Wabash #200, Dome Coach, built with fluted sides by Budd in 1950.  Re-lettered and numbered N&W #1610.
Wabash #201, Dome Coach, built with fluted sides by Budd in 1950.  Re-lettered and numbered N&W #1611.

Wabash #202, Dome Coach, built with fluted sides by Budd in 1950.  Re-lettered and numbered N&W #1612.

Wabash #203, Dome Coach, built with smooth sides by Pullman in 1958.  Re-lettered and numbered N&W #1613.  (This car was originally lettered and numbered for Wabash, but was painted in Union Pacific's "Armour Yellow" colors to operate in pool service as part of the "City of St. Louis."  It was later re-lettered and re-numbered for N&W, but again painted in Union Pacific's "Armour Yellow" colors.  Later still, it was painted "Pevler Blue.")




Bill King
Arlington, VA



James Wall
Rural Hall, NC







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