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Many thanks Jim B.
Jim C.

On Sun, Oct 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> General Arrangement Drawing:
> https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=13073
>
> More than you want to know......
> https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/listdocs/select.php?index=rs&id=432&rs=432
>
> Jim Brewer
>
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Jim N. thanks for your reply.  The only photo I have of a BPf is attached
>> and it is of the opposite side which has some differences.  First there is
>> a lavatory with a smaller window and a dedicated roof vent.  Second, the
>> underbody tanks (probably water) are rounded in the 500 photo and lastly,
>> in the 500 photo the second window appears blocked out.  Do you know of any
>> other photos or general arrangement diagrams of these cars?
>> Jim C.
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
>> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I think I have found the ebay photo Jim did not give us a link to. It
>>> shows locomotive #500 taking a train out of Norfolk Union Station. The
>>> first car is a combine, class BPf, which is the same design as the PJ
>>> coach. The roof is not "turtle-back," but lower, like a streamlined roof
>>> (but with rounded ends).
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>>
>>> On Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 02:10:42 PM CDT, NW Mailing List <
>>> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Jim,  I don't see the photo or a link to the listing on eBay in your
>>> message.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Brent
>>>
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>>> *Dr. J. Brent Greer*
>>>
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>>> *Subject:* combine
>>>
>>> In the attached Ebay photo, the car immediately behind the 500 appears
>>> to be a combine with a turtle-back roof, but I can't seem to ID the class
>>> due to the window arrangement.
>>> Any thoughts?
>>> Jim Cochran
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