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| Almost finished SC&F kit built into SP 5199 crosses bridge in Niles Canyon on Seth Nuemann's layout |
Jason Hill
Cars with "*" indicate refitted around or after WWII with improved Train Baggage Man (TBM) facilities in car. (Desk, enclosed toilet, water cooler, etc).
Note some cars are duplicated because I list to the right what car they became later in life. The new car number is also listed again in the left column, but is the same car.
60ft Baggage Cars (60-B-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 class)
Standard 60-B-1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 Class
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| 60-B-1 class |
SP 4243 rebuilt to 60-B-1 class in 1935, retaining 6-wheel trucks. This class assignment is probably to match the original internal structural standard as-built, with new wall studs, sheets, and doors to match full baggage configuration. The same is probably done in following conversions below.
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| SP 60-B-2 class |
SP 4083 rebuilt to 60-B-2 class in 1936, retaining 6-wheel trucks.
SP 6190 wrecked after 1933 and retired.
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| SP 60-B-3 class |
SP 4244 rebuilt to 60-B-3 class in 1935, retaining 6-wheel trucks.
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| SP 60-B-4 class cars |
Note Central Pacific reporting marks were consolidated into the SP reporting marks in 1928.
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| SP 60-B-5 class Baggage cars |
Several cars rebuilt from 60-PS or 60-P-series RPO cars. These cars would have retained their 6-wheel trucks.
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| SP 60-B-6 class baggage cars |
Note SP 4242 and 4245 were originally Storage Mail cars of 60-PS-1, but were then rebuilt to 60-B-6 standards, retaining their 6-wheel trucks in 1936.
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| 60-B-7 class, all assigned to T&NO. |
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| 60-B-8 class cars. |
SP 6029 was painted into Daylight colors in 1946 to protect SP 3300 and 3301 in San Joaquin Daylight service. If the 3300/3301 combines on the SJD or the 3302/3303 on the Coast Daylight needed shopping then the protection service 60-B and a Daylight chair car would replace the combine in service. Note: 3302/3303 were premier service cars, if they went to the shop, then one of the 3300/3301s would replace it, and the baggage car and extra chair would replace the 3300/3301 in the San Joaquin Daylight.
It would appear that 4086 was converted to a Postal Storage car possibly, then to a full baggage car with 6-wheel trucks in 1937, similar to the 60-PS rebuilds into 60-B-6 class above.
60ft Baggage-Dynamo Cars (60-BD-1,4,6)
During the same construction dates as the 60-B-1, -4, & -6, the SP built special head-end power cars called Dynamo (generator) cars. The cars were built as baggage cars, with a part of the car filled with a gas generator. A pair of extra windows were provided at the generator end of the car and roof vents as needed for the exhaust gas from the engine.
The cars then had power cables which were connected through the train, providing lighting. This lasted until the major upgrades of the SP passenger fleet in the mid-1930s installing generators and air conditioning in many cars. After the majority of the fleet upgrades made the BD-series of cars redundant and they were returned to full baggage service. Many retained the extra window, which allowed these cars to be easily spotted in consist photos.
The cars then had power cables which were connected through the train, providing lighting. This lasted until the major upgrades of the SP passenger fleet in the mid-1930s installing generators and air conditioning in many cars. After the majority of the fleet upgrades made the BD-series of cars redundant and they were returned to full baggage service. Many retained the extra window, which allowed these cars to be easily spotted in consist photos.
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| 60-BD-series Baggage-Dynamo cars |
60ft Baggage Cars (60-B - NWP Clones)
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| NWP 60-B clones of SP 60-B-series cars. |
These cars were clones of standard SP designs, but did not carry the standard class format because of the co-ownership of the NWP with the ATSF.
60ft Baggage Cars (rebuilt from other classes 60-P, 60-BP-30-1, etc)
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| SP 60-B rebuilt cars - not all the same as standard 60-B-series baggage cars |
I believe from the SPHTS Passenger Cars Vol3 book SP 6110-6114 were fully rebuilt to be 60-B-series clones with new sides of standard design, which can be modeled with standard SC&F 60-B-series kits. Note that the 4100 and 4400-series cars were equipped with 6-wheel trucks, and retained those in their rebuilt baggage car form.
SP 6122-6132, 6366-6368, 6395-6399 were kept in their original 60-BP-30-1 wall configuration, dropping their Railway Post Office lettering under the RPO windows, and had their RPO apartment equipment (both inside and outside) removed. - Therefore, these cars would NOT be suitable for SC&F standard 60-B-series models.
70ft Baggage Cars (70-B-1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9)
Suitable prototypes for SC&F 70-B-series kits.
70-B-1
The first of the new 70-B-1 were built in 1918 by ACF.
Note: the later classes of 70-B-series were built with flat-stepped ends, not the angled sheet ends of the SC&F kit. It is possible to kitbash the SC&F models to replicate this change in construction.
Note: GHSA, LW, and MLT cars became T&NO in 1928, then reassigned to the Pacific Lines, generally in the 1940s to early 1950s as the T&NO passenger service was cut back.
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| SP 70-B-1 baggage cars |
70-B-3 & 70-B-4
The three 70-B-3s were built 3-1921 by Pullman. The five 70-B-5 in 6-1924 by ACF along with the 70-BA-4s.
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| SP 70-B-3 & 4 baggage cars |
3 cars transferred from T&NO to SP.
The 70-B-5s were built in 7 & 8, 1924.
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SP 6484 wrecked in 1933 and scrapped... Don't model that car after that date!
70-B-6
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| SP 70-B-5 baggage cars |
SP 6484 wrecked in 1933 and scrapped... Don't model that car after that date!
70-B-6
Built in 1925 by Bethlehem
T&NO 608 wrecked at Tortuga and rebuilt to SP 6309 in 1938, appears to have kept 70-B-6 class and baggage-express pool assignment.
70-B-7
Built in late 1926 by Pullman.
SP 6064 and 6073 involved in 1947 wreck of the Owl at Lerdo, CA (in the San Joaquin Valley). I am not sure if these two cars were rebuilt or scrapped after the wreck. I'm guessing they were repaired, as the SPHTS data doesn't say the cars were 'wrecked' as previous entries show.
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| SP 70-B-6 baggage cars |
T&NO 608 wrecked at Tortuga and rebuilt to SP 6309 in 1938, appears to have kept 70-B-6 class and baggage-express pool assignment.
70-B-7
Built in late 1926 by Pullman.
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| SP 70-B-7 class baggage cars |
SP 6064 and 6073 involved in 1947 wreck of the Owl at Lerdo, CA (in the San Joaquin Valley). I am not sure if these two cars were rebuilt or scrapped after the wreck. I'm guessing they were repaired, as the SPHTS data doesn't say the cars were 'wrecked' as previous entries show.
SP 6080 was assigned to special NWP Redwood service in 1956 as effectively a News Agent-Baggage car with the News-Agent space at the rear, so that passengers to enter to buy food and magazines.
70-B-8
Built 1927 by Bethlehem. These cars were built with then-current Postal standard ends with collision posts, thus a number of cars in this class were taken in hand 14 years later to be upgraded for high-speed LW passenger train service on the Lark, San Joaquin and Cascade.
I can't find photos off hand which show the ends of this class, if the 'new ends' constituted the change to the flat end-plate with taperred upper section. The 'new end' certainly was applied to the following 70-B-9 class.
I can't find photos off hand which show the ends of this class, if the 'new ends' constituted the change to the flat end-plate with taperred upper section. The 'new end' certainly was applied to the following 70-B-9 class.
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| SP 70-B-8 class baggage cars |
SP 6091 and 6092 were stream-styled for service in May 1941 for the San Joaquin, but were reassigned almost immediately to the Lark in January 1942. (Per Note 3 in SPHTS Vol3.)
SP 6084 and 6088 stream-styled for service at Sacramento in April 1941 on Lark. Doors were blocked to provide a maximum 4 foot opening. (Note 2 in SPHTS Vol3.)
SP 6083 & 6085 were rebuilt stream-styled for San Joaquin service in 5/1942. (Per Note 1 in SPHTS Vol3.) These two cars became were transferred to Noon Daylight service in 1946 and remained with those trainsets. These two baggage cars followed the transfer of the Noon Daylight's Chair Cars to the Starlight in 1949 as SP shifted the LW equipment assignments.
In August 1950, SP 6088 and 6092 were reassigned from protecting the Lark pool to protect the Cascade's LW Baggage car SP 6602, when it was rebuilt to RPO-Baggage SP 5011.
70-B-9
This class clearly started the 'new end' series of SP 70ft baggage cars. These followed the later ends on Pullman HW sleepers. The 70-B-9 was built by SSC through 1928.
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| SP 70-B-9 class baggage cars |
The SP 6448 was repainted into Daylight colors for protection service by 1959, and continued into the 1960s as such. Originally the car still had the wooden doors, but received ply-metal doors with single windows by 1961. Several other cars in this class received the 1954 TTG General Service scheme and eventually ply-metal doors by the 1960s.
70ft Baggage-Auto Cars (70-BA-2,4,5)
These 70ft Baggage-Auto cars were built with the A-end replaced with a set of doors for end-loading automobiles for passenger train movement. It would be possible to kitbash the SC&F kits to model these cars.
70-BA-4s were built in 6-1924 by ACF. 70-BA-5 were built by PSC in 1930.
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| Roster of SP Baggage-Auto cars with end-doors. |
SP 6457 was also involved with the 1947 wreck of the Owl at Lerdo, CA. The car was repaired, eventually being painted into TTG3 (1954 General Service) scheme and then into dark gray (1958 scheme) before being retired at last in July 1968!
69ft Baggage-Postal 30ft Apartment (69-BP-30-2/3
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| Finished SC&F kit as covered in my SP 5199 blog. |
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| SP 69-BP-30-3 class Baggage-RPO with 30ft RPO Apartment. |
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| 69-BP-30-3 painted in Sunbeam SSS scheme after 1950. - Challenger model (I believe) |
T&NO 141 and 148 were specially painted for Sunbeam service in 1937, then into Simulated Stainless Steel (SSS) in 1950 when the Sunbeam changed paint schemes to match the Sunset Limited pool of equipment. Eventually the two cars came to the SP in 1961.
Some of the T&NO cars were transferred to the Pacific Lines in the 1960s.
Four SP cars were converted to Baggage-Express in 1954 and 1959 as noted.
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Can you help light a fire under SC&F to reissue their resin kits for Harriman style head end cars?
ReplyDeleteI believe he's already doing it, if you read the first paragraph as to why I'm making this post. I also sent Jon a link to this and my other SC&F posts. He sounded encouraged to do the next run of castings.
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