COLLECTION NAME:
NNRy Equipment and Building Roster
Record
Title:
#04
Category:
Passenger Cars
Service:
Passenger
Description:
Built new for the Chicago & Eastern Illinois. Purchased 2nd hand from F.M. Hicks Co. of Chicago.
Notes:
"I worked an extra out Thursday engine in August of 1957 when we pushed the 3 or 4 remaining passenger cars out on the Sunshine Dump and the track gang burned them." -Steve Swanson Normally there was an extra on Thursday to switch out the local and the rip tracks, powder track and any other odd jobs that needed doing.
Disposition:
Scrapped
Date Sold:
September 25, 1928
Date Scrapped:
August 1957
Disposition Description:
Sold to NCCCo. in Ruth for use as a shift change car.
Passenger Car Category:
Combines
Build Date-Pass:
circa 1880s
Cost-Pass:
$3,000 (second-hand)
Length:
56' 4"
Construction:
Wooden body and frame, 4-wheel wood trucks, 36-inch wheels, steam heat, open platform.
Passenger Car Service Notes:
Originally a coach, was remodeled to a combine before purchase by NNRy.
#04
