Thanks Jim, your answer was pretty much what I had thought--mostly older
trains and Western based. I had never seen any B&O or NYC cars like that.
I know it's been mentioned before and it was before my time here in
Houston, but a well known former mayor and wheeler/dealer tried to put
together some kind of hotel using some of those articulated cars--SP I
believe.
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
On 7/2/13 9:53 AM, raisinone wrote:
If you define "articulated" as cars that share the same truck at one
or both ends, it isn't a terribly long list and mainly confined to
pre-WW2. Obviously whole train sets like the CB&Q Zephyrs and similar
1930's consists come to mind. That would include B&M/MEC (Flying
Yankee); IC (Green Diamond) and CNS&M (Electroliner). If you get into
non-powered car articulation, the list is pretty decidedly western;
probably owing to longer hauls and less terminal switching: CRI&P, SP
and the Overland Route (UP -- C&NW). From a quick look, it appears the
SP was the only railroad to have any brand new articulated cars built
after 1941.
In addition to the Algoma Central car Tom References, one of the
UP-C&NW car sets, articulated on a Triple Bolster truck, still exists
at the Illinois Railroad Museum in Union, IL.
I'm sure I missed some railroad here, but these are the main sets
filling the definition above.
Jim Kindraka
Plymouth, WI
