The Cannonball

Sat Apr 23 23:20:27 EDT 2005

Yes, City of Kokomo was painted tuscan. I saw it at least once on No. 
3.  Jim Nichols

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>Coach 1705 was repainted tuscan.  As far as I know, that was the only coach
>so painted.  The others were painted blue when the entire passenger paint
>plan was changed.  That blue was darker than the NKP.  On at least one
>occasion, one of them was used as an overflow on Train 3 1965 Thanksgiving
>Sunday.  Also, if memory serves, and that's questionable, sleeper City of
>Kokomo was also repainted tuscan.  I only saw it in Roanoke once.  They were
>disposed soon after the demise of NKP passenger trains.
>Don Corbin
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>>The Walthers car with the blue letterboard is a model of an ex-NKP car. At
>>least one of them got repainted with a tuscan red letterboard before N&W
>>went to blue. They ran briefly on the ex-NKP trains after the 1964 merger.
>>After they were discontinued, they ran on ex-Wabash trains. And, yes, they
>>were in this color scheme when sold to Amtrak.   Jim Nichols
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>>>From: JERSYSTMRR at aol.com  Add to Address Book
>>>Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 18:20:20 EDT
>>>Subject: Cannonball ?????
>>>To: f_scheer at yahoo.com
>>>
>>>Mr. Scheer :Can you give me any information on the
>>>former PRR-N&W-RF&P-ACL run through train to
>>>Norfolk(?) VA.  There is almost nothing in print about
>>>it
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>>>from the east coast rr's books.   Also, were the
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>>>tuscan cars on PRR the same shade as those on the N&W,
>>>and likewise the RF&P ?
>>>
>>>I bought a Walthers HO scale N&W PS 52 seat coach
>>>model. All the photos of N&W cars I have seen were in
>>>tuscan.  Where did this Blue letterboard w/ gold
>>>lettering car and it's sisters operate,and were they
>>>painted in that color scheme when purchased by Amtrak
>>>in 1971-2.
>>>
>>>Thank you for any information you may have.
>>>Craig Harrison-NJ
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>>>April 22, 2005
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>>>Good morning, Craig:
>>>
>>>Bill Griffin has written some books about the RF&P
>>>that include some references to The Cannonball.  There
>>>are also several other historians and modelers who are
>>>can provide better information about the train consist
>>>than me.  I'll pass this along and invite people to
>>>write to you off-line at JERSYSTMRR at aol.com  If I see
>>>any relevant postings, I'll likewise forward them to
>>>you.
>>>
>>>There was a Railway Post Office (RPO) operated on this
>>>train prior to the 1960s, which was furnished by the
>>>N&W.  If you or others want more information about
>>>this RPO route, I can scan a schedule table and send
>>>it along.
>>>
>>>Best wishes,
>>>
>>>Frank
>>>
>>>Dr. Frank R. Scheer, Curator
>>>Railway Mail Service Library, Inc.
>>>f_scheer at yahoo.com
>>>(202) 268-2121 - weekday office
>>>(540) 837-9090 - weekend afternoons
>>>in the former N&W station on VA rte 723
>>>117 East Main Street
>>>Boyce  VA  22620-9639
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>>>Visit at http://www.railwaymailservicelibrary.org
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