COLLECTION NAME:
NNRy Equipment and Building Roster
Record
Title:
#2
Category:
Passenger Cars
Service:
Passenger
Description:
Purchased new as a virtual twin of coach #1.
Notes:
Damaged in an accident June 17, 1995, stored out of service since.
Disposition:
Display
Disposition Description:
In storage at the NNRy museum awaiting restoration.
Passenger Car Category:
Coaches
Builder-Pass:
St. Louis Car Company
Build Date-Pass:
1908
Rebuild Date-Pass:
July 1938
Construction:
Wood body, wood frame, 4-wheel trucks, 36 in. wheels, steam heat, closed vestibule, plush upholstry.
Capacity:
35 seats, 70 passengers (in passenger service, pre MOW)
Passenger Car Service Notes:
Originally built as an open platform car, it was later converted to wide vestibules, presumably around 1912 when coach #1 was rebuilt. Converted to cook and bunk car #A-2 for MOW wrecker service in June 1938. Donated to the NNRy museum in 1986 and rebuilt as a parlor/concession car for excursion service. Car retained the cook stove, ice chest and misc. fixtures from MOW service in one compartment and was fitted with parlor seats in the other compartment. The commissary list and nameplates for the bunks remain on the walls.
#2
