Hi John; CNJ had several of these cars, which I believe were ordered fromt he builder that way. Other lines with heay commuter traffic had similar cars, and some granger branchlines of the Soo and C&NW I recall also used combines of similar design for mixed train service. The baggage section on the CNJ mostly carried low value express like newspapers and magazines, maybe company mail and the odd piece of passenger luggage to big to fit the overhead racks.
An extra baggage car could provide a new blind end to make the more common design combine if you are so inclined, or make a resin casing of the blind end and sell to other wantin that type of car! Pieter --- In [email protected], "John Picur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Getting back to the combines, I presume the CNJ car is for suburban service, judging by its look. I am interested to know if it was a series or a one-off. Was it a rebuild, as with the CN cars mentioned by Andrew Malette? Either with the CNJ or the CN cars, does anyone know if they actually loaded passengers through the baggage-end vestibule? I am making the broad assumption that if so, the baggage section was not used for valuable goods such as express shipments that could suddenly disappear. I would also think the insurers would be rather concerned about passenger liability -- baggage sections, especially after a few years of service, usually do not have the best flooring. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
