Passenger Car Library - gm-and-o-and-predecessors

GM&O AC&F lightweight 1 drawing room-26 seat parlor car (2108-Bloomington) (edited)

11:38 AM

(Looking at builder's photos the interior is all original, the GM&O AC&F lightweight 68 seat coaches that were built immediately before the parlor cars look like they had the same interior colors)

GM&O modernized AC&F lightweight tavern lounge, unidentified heavyweight parlor car or lounge

G&MO unidentified modernized diner (rebuilt ex B&O lightweight lunch counter-diner?) from "The Limited" in 1969 (edited)

12:48 PM

Ex G&MO? unidentified diner from "Prairie State" in 1972 (edited)

GM&O AC&F lightweight 1 drawing room-26 seat parlor car (seats reupholstered)

1:03 PM

GM&N Rebels (little rebels) (AC&F lightweight 62 seat coach-dinette, 71 seat coach, 6-1 observation)

8:40 PM

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8:45 PM

GM&N Rebels (little rebels) (AC&F lightweight 40 seat coach-6 section sleeper)

9:54 PM

9:55 PM

GM&O AC&F lightweight 8-4-3-1 sleeper

3:18 PM

Alton Railroad Alton Limited (1899) (unidentified heavyweight chair car?) (edited)

10:49 PM

Alton Railroad Alton Limited (1899) (heavyweight diner) (edited)

Alton Railroad Alton Limited 4-4-0

3:15 AM

Alton Railroad Alton Limited (1899) (unidentified heavyweight coach?; could be halves of the same cars with the compartments in the background being colored wrong) (edited)

3:20 AM

Alton Railroad Alton Limited (1899) (unidentified heavyweight baggage-tavern?) (edited)

3:22 AM

Alton Railroad Alton Limited (1899) (unidentified heavyweight observation) (edited)

3:23 AM

3:24 AM

3:25 AM

Alton Railroad Alton Limited (1899) (unidentified heavyweight RPO, baggage-tavern?, coach?, chair car?, diner, observation)

4:40 AM

GM&O AC&F lightweight 1DR-26 seat parlor car

3:12 AM

3:14 AM

C&A AC&F lightweight 1DR-24 seat parlor

3:32 PM

C&A AC&F lightweight 18 seat parlor-observation

3:32 PM

3:33 PM

C&A AC&F lightweight 64 seat coach

3:33 PM

C&A AC&F lightweight 64 seat coach (rebuilt from RPO (30'))

3:33 PM

C&A AC&F lightweight baggage-tavern lounge

3:34 PM

C&A AC&F lightweight lunch counter-diner

3:34 PM

C&A AC&F lightweight tavern lounge

3:36 PM

GM&N AC&F lightweight 6-1 observation

3:36 PM

GM&N AC&F lightweight 40 seat coach-6 section sleeper

3:36 PM

GM&N AC&F lightweight 62 seat coach-buffet (edited)

3:37 PM

GM&N AC&F lightweight 71 seat coach

3:37 PM

GM&N AC&F lightweight power car-RPO (15')-baggage

3:37 PM

GM&O AC&F lightweight 1DR-26 seat parlor

3:38 PM

GM&O AC&F lightweight 3-1-8-4 sleeper

3:38 PM

GM&O AC&F lightweight 68 seat coach

GM&O AC&F lightweight 1DR-26 seat parlor (builders photo) (edited)

1:12 AM

GM&O AC&F lightweight 3-1-8-4 sleeper

1:14 AM

GM&O AC&F lightweight tavern lounge (ex C&A) (during 1970) (edited)

1:18 AM

GM&O observation 2551 (during June 1957)

GM&O modernized heavyweight coach-lounge (Gulf Coast Rebel)

GM&N unidentified AC&F business car

12:22 AM

Alton Railroad Alton Limited (1924) (unidentified Pullman heavyweight RPO (60'), baggage-48 seat coach, ? seat coach, 1DR-34 seat parlor, diner, 12 seat parlor observation)

7:27 PM

Alton Railroad Alton Limited (1924) (unidentified Pullman heavyweight baggage-48 seat coach, ? seat coach, 1DR-34 seat parlor, diner, 12 seat parlor observation)

Alton Railroad passenger diagrams 1930

Chicago_Alton_1930_Passenger.pdf

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GM&O AC&F lightweight 3-1-8-4 sleeper

GM&O heavyweight diner-lounge "Azalea" 400 (edited)

GM&O AC&F lightweight 3-1-8-4 sleeper "Timothy B. Blackstone" (as retired by GM&O condition)

3:34 PM

3:35 PM

Alton Railroad Alton Limited (1899) (unidentified heavyweight observation)

11:15 PM

Alton Railroad Alton Limited (1899) (unidentified heavyweight diner, coach, observation, chair car) (edited)

11:16 PM

Alton Railroad Alton Limited (1899) unidentified heavyweight baggage-tavern

11:25 PM

Alton Railroad Alton Limited (1899) unidentified heavyweight coach

11:26 PM

Alton Railroad unidentified heavyweight sleeper

11:31 PM

C&A AC&F lightweight 1DR-24 seat parlor (during 1948)

11:32 PM

C&A AC&F lightweight 18 seat parlor-observation (during 1948)

11:32 PM

11:33 PM

GM&O AC&F lightweight 68 seat coach (during 1948)

11:34 PM

GM&O heavyweight diner 1074 (during 1969)

GM&O unidentified modernized heavyweight diner (during 1954) (1073 or 1074?) (edited)

5:53 PM

GM&O AC&F lightweight diner 5701? (during 1955? date likely erroneous, most likely in 1947-1948 as part of a photo shoot of a series of promotional photos) (edited)

GM&O AC&F lightweight 68 seat coach

GM&O AC&F lightweight 64 seat coach 5807 (rebuilt from RPO (30')) (during 1947-1948)

Trains from 1.3.2 to 1.7.10

C&A AC&F lightweight 1DR-24 seat parlor (during 1948)

C&A AC&F lightweight 1DR-24 seat parlor (during 1947-1948), same photo shoot as linked

Trains from 1.3.2 to 1.7.10

C&A AC&F lightweight 18 seat parlor-observation (during 1948)

C&A AC&F lightweight 18 seat parlor-observation (during 1947-1948), same photo shoot as linked

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5:42 PM

GM&O AC&F lightweight tavern lounge (rebuilt from 64 seat coach) 5803 (during 1947-1948) (edited)

GM&O AC&F lightweight 18 seat parlor-observation 5998 "Abraham Lincoln", note that the interior is not in as retired by GM&O condition (edited)

8:55 PM

9:08 PM

C&A AC&F lightweight 18 seat parlor-observation

C&A/B&O Royal Blue (1935) (AC&F lightweight 64 seat coach, lunch counter-diner, 1 drawing room-24 seat parlor, observation)

4:03 PM

4:04 PM

GM&O heavyweight diner-lounge "Azalea" 400 (date unknown but likely early postwar)

GM&O Pullman heavyweight 52 seat coach-lunch counter 103 "College Club" (edited)

6:27 PM

C&A AC&F lightweight 18 seat parlor-observation, 1DR-24 seat parlor, lunch counter-diner, tavern lounge (originally 64 seat coach), 64 seat coach, baggage-44 seat coach (originally RPO (30')

7:34 PM

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7:36 PM

GM&O AC&F lightweight 18 seat parlor-observation (ex C&A), 68 seat coach, 1DR-26 seat parlor, diner (originally lunch counter-diner) (ex C&A), 18 seat parlor-observation (same car as first picture) (ex C&A), baggage-tavern lounge (ex C&A)

7:57 PM

7:58 PM

GM&O heavyweight baggage 63 or 65 (during November 11 1940), note that the diaphragm plate end is visible)

GM&O passenger consists 1951

GULF-MOBILE-OHIO-1951-PCNSTS.pdf

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GM&O heavyweight baggage-coach (ex C&A) 2594 (unknown how much of the interior colors are original to GM&O service

10:40 PM

GM&O (ex C&A) heavyweight parlor car 3040 "Chicagoland" (heavy interior changes due to private car conversion, but many GM&O parts remain)

GM&O AC&F lightweight 68 seat coach (number unknown, despite being through MOW service it appears that the wall and ceiling colors are from GM&O passenger service (note how the fine stainless bulkhead decoration was not painted over), in some patches in the bathroom a lighter shade is seen, that is likely the original wall color from then the car was built)

11:58 PM

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12:00 AM

GM&O heavyweight diner 1076, note that the color of the lounge seats in it are visible (edited)

GM&O heavyweight coach 140

GM&N AC&F RPO(15') 50 (builders photo)

Trains from 1.3.2 to 1.7.10

GM&O heavyweight diner-lounge "Azalea" 400 (edited)

GM&O heavyweight diner-lounge "Azalea" 400, same picture as linked, but cropped a bit but in higher resolution and less washed out

10:29 PM

GM&O seat from an unidentified parlor car

10:34 PM

GM&O AC&F lightweight 18 seat parlor-observation 5998 "Abraham Lincoln" (ex C&A) (interior is mostly in as retired by GM&O) (edited)

10:34 PM

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10:36 PM

GM&O unidentified heavyweight coach

G&MO AC&F diner (ex C&A, original lunch counter-diner) 5700? or 5701?

Trains from 1.3.2 to 1.7.10

GM&O AC&F lightweight 1DR-26 seat parlor (builders photo) (edited)

GM&O AC&F lightweight 1DR-26 seat parlor (builders photo), same car as linked

10:59 PM

GM&O MILW built diner-lounge 1077 (ex MILW 202-208 series?)

11:05 PM

GM&O AC&F lightweight 3-1-8-4 sleeper (builders photos)

GM&O pullman heavyweight 8-1-3 sleeper "Show Me" (Pullman Plan 4090B, ex plan 4090 "Leaning Tower", nee plan 3584 "Point Pleasant" lot 4843) (edited)

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11:23 PM

GM&O pullman heavyweight 8-1-3 sleeper "Deep South" (Pullman Plan 4090B, ex plan 4090 "Torazzo Tower", nee plan 3584 "Point Vivian" lot 4843)

GM&N AC&F lightweight 6-1 observation 395 "Ol' Man River", 396 "King Cotton", 6-1 lounge (originally 40 seat coach-6 section sleeper) 381 "Smokeless City", 54 seat divided coach-lunch counter (originally 62 seat coach-buffet) 372 "French Quarter", 373 "Black Gold", 374 "Forest Park", 40 seat divided coach-6 section sleeper, power car-RPO (15')-baggage 352-354 (edited)

GM&O heavyweight baggage 400

GM&O unidentified heavyweight coach (ex C&A?) (edited)

8:41 PM

GM&O AC&F lightweight 68 seat coach

GM&O AC&F lightweight 1DR-24 seat parlor (ex C&A) (during 1969, on The Limited)

GM&O heavyweight coach 243 (during May 1971)

3:58 AM

GM&O heavyweight coach 3097 (during May 1971)

3:59 AM

GM&O heavyweight coach 3099 (after retirement by GM&O)

4:00 AM

GM&O heavyweight coach 3099

4:02 AM

GM&O heavyweight baggage-coach 2594 (ex C&A 1489, nee 713 "Missouri")

4:03 AM

GM&O AC&F lightweight 64 seat coach 5801 (ex C&A) (edited)

4:05 AM

GM&O AC&F lightweight 68 seat coach (during November 1974) (edited)

GM&N AC&F heavyweight RPO (15')

12:09 AM

M&O AC&F heavyweight baggage (1927) (edited)

12:13 AM

M&O AC&F heavyweight RPO (30') (1927) (edited)

12:15 AM

M&O AC&F heavyweight trucks for the above 2 cars

M&O AC&F heavyweight 76 seat coach (edited)

12:38 AM

M&O AC&F heavyweight 76 seat divided coach

12:42 AM

M&O AC&F heavyweight trucks for the 76 seat coach and 76 seat divided coach above (edited)

12:48 AM

M&O AC&F heavyweight baggage (1926)

M&O AC&F heavyweight RPO (30') (1923)

Trains from 1.3.2 to 1.7.10

GM&N AC&F heavyweight RPO (15')

GM&N AC&F heavyweight RPO (15'), alternate takes of linked?

GM&N AC&F heavyweight 88 seat divided coach (140-141, 143-144 series)

Trains from 1.3.2 to 1.7.10

M&O AC&F heavyweight baggage (1926)

M&O AC&F heavyweight baggage (1926), alternate takes of linked

Trains from 1.3.2 to 1.7.10

M&O AC&F heavyweight 76 seat coach (edited)

M&O AC&F heavyweight 76 seat coach, alternate takes of linked

Trains from 1.3.2 to 1.7.10

M&O AC&F heavyweight 76 seat divided coach

M&O AC&F heavyweight 76 seat divided coach, alternate takes of linked

Trains from 1.3.2 to 1.7.10

M&O AC&F heavyweight trucks for the 76 seat coach and 76 seat divided coach above (edited)

M&O AC&F heavyweight trucks for the 76 seat coach and 76 seat divided coach, alternate takes of linked

C&A EMC EA and AA

Alton Railroad Alton Limited (1899)

3:59 PM

C&A EMC EA (during 1946)

C&A AC&F lightweight lunch counter-diner 5700

C&A AC&F lightweight diner 5701 (originally lunch counter-diner)

C&A AC&F lightweight baggage-bar lounge-28 seat coach 5751 (originally RPO(30'))

5:37 PM

C&A AC&F lightweight baggage-tavern lounge (rebuilt from baggage-tavern lounge-24 seat coach, nee RPO (30'))

5:40 PM

C&A AC&F lightweight tavern lounge 5800 (originally 64 seat coach)

5:43 PM

C&A AC&F lightweight 64 seat coach 5801

C&A AC&F lightweight 1DR-24 seat parlor 5931

C&A AC&F lightweight 18 seat parlor-observation 5999

6:03 PM

GM&O AC&F lightweight 18 seat parlor-observation 5998

6:04 PM

C&A AC&F lightweight 18 seat parlor-observation 5999 (after AC&F refurbishment) (edited)

6:05 PM

C&A AC&F lightweight 18 seat parlor-observation 5999

6:05 PM

6:09 PM

C&A Pullman heavyweight 24 seat parlor observation (originally 12 seat parlor-japanese tea room observation) 3041

C&A Pullman heavyweight 1DR-34 seat parlor 2100, note the war bonds paint scheme (edited)

C&A Pullman heavyweight RPO (60') 64

7:46 PM

C&A Pullman heavyweight RPO (30') 246

C&A heavyweight baggage 418 (unknown original configuration or builder) (edited)

7:59 PM

C&A heavyweight baggage 569

8:03 PM

C&A Pullman heavyweight diner 1073

8:10 PM

C&A Pullman heavyweight RPO (30')-44 seat coach 1396

8:11 PM

C&A Pullman heavyweight baggage-40 seat coach 1488

8:15 PM

C&A Pullman heavyweight diner-lounge 2013

8:20 PM

C&A heavyweight coach 6110 (unknown builder)

Alton Railroad Alton Limited (1924) 12 seat parlor-japanese tea room observation

C&A E7A

11:27 PM

GM&N AC&F lightweight power car-RPO (15')-baggage

1:07 AM

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1:09 AM

1:16 AM

GM&N AC&F lightweight 71 seat coach

1:16 AM

1:19 AM

GM&N AC&F lightweight 62 seat coach-buffet (edited)

1:22 AM

1:23 AM

GM&N AC&F lightweight 6-1 observation

1:32 AM

1:34 AM

GM&N AC&F lightweight Rebels

GM&O heavyweight diner 1075 (during 1971?)

2:13 AM

GM&O AC&F lightweight 1DR-26 seat parlor (during 1971?)

GM&O heavyweight diner 1075 (during 1971?)

2:29 AM

GM&O AC&F lightweight parlor?

2:29 AM

GM&O business car 1 (was only on the UP for 2 years, interior is original to GM&O) (edited)

6:28 AM

GM&O (ex C&A) heavyweight parlor car 3040 "Chicago" (originally 12 seat parlor-japanese tea room observation) (during July 29 1968)

C&A Pullman heavyweight 24 seat parlor observation (originally 12 seat parlor-japanese tea room observation) 3041 "Mobile"

12:28 AM

GM&O EMC EA (edited)

GM&O AC&F heavyweight coach 243, lightweight 68 seat coach, unidentified heavyweight coach (ex C&A?) (during 1971, on "The Plug") (edited)

12:54 AM

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1:03 AM

GM&O AC&F lightweight 68 seat coach, unidentified heavyweight coach (ex C&A?) (during 1977, on "The Plug") (edited)

1:04 AM

1:07 AM

GM&O AC&F lightweight 68 seat coach 3052? or 3060?, unidentified heavyweight coach (ex C&A?) (during 1978, on "The Plug") (edited)

1:07 AM

1:13 AM

GM&O EMC AA (ex C&A) (during 1952) (date bay be an error, maybe during 1962?) (edited)

1:12 AM

GM&O unidentified heavyweight RPO (15') (ex GM&N)

GM&O AC&F lightweight 1DR-26 seat parlor "Springfield" (during 1971)

GM&N AC&F lightweight 6-1 observation (circa 1941-1943)

GM&N AC&F lightweight 6-1 observation (promotional photo, presumably shortly after being built)

GM&O business car 1 (as originally modernized)

12:50 PM

GM&O business car 1 (was only on the UP for 2 years, interior is original to GM&O)

12:52 PM

C&A heavyweight unidentified diner (from 1938 timetable)

C&A unidentified heavyweight center kitchen cafe-lounge, 24 seat parlor observation 3040 or 3041

C&A AC&F lightweight 18 seat parlor-observation, 1DR-24 seat parlor, lunch counter-diner, unidentified heavyweight coach (from 1938 timetable)

GM&O mod. HW chairs 326 and 330

GM&O Pullman heavyweight 52 seat coach-lunch counter 103 "College Club" (during 1947)

C&A E7 (during 1946, at Chicago), note that this confirms claims about how the C&A variants of these colors differed from the GM&O versions (edited)

C&A unidentified heavyweight RPO (60'), Note that it is painted in the C&A streamlined paint scheme

C&A unidentified heavyweight diner, Note that it is painted in the C&A streamlined paint scheme

6:29 PM

C&A unidentified heavyweight RPO (60'), Note that it is painted in the C&A streamlined paint scheme, also note that despite the film being discolored it is still evident that 3 of the lightweights in the train are painted in the GM&O version of the the colors

G&MO AC&F diner (ex C&A, original lunch counter-diner) 5700? or 5701? (during 1968, on "The Limited")

GM&O Gulf Coast Rebel, note the heavyweight baggage that was painted to match, but not streamlined

GM&O AC&F lightweight 68 seat coach, unidentified heavyweight diner

GM&O heavyweight diner-lounge "Azalea" 400

3:56 PM

GM&O Pullman heavyweight Plan 4052A (rebuild of Plan 4052, nee plan 2411 or 2411A) 8 section-dinette "Cotton Land" or "Cotton Valley" (during 1943, on Gulf Coast Rebel); the exterior shot is not of the car but of a 8-1-3 sleeper

GM&O modernized heavyweight lunch counter-44 seat coach-lounge, likely 102 NOTE: This photo was labeled as a MP Eagle despite it not being that and was included in the builders photos of the original MP Eagle; this photo is likely an AC&F rebuilders photo of the car, which would make it 102 as 101 was modernized by the GM&O and not AC&F

GM&O modernized heavyweight lunch counter-44 seat coach-lounge, likely 101 NOTE: It has several noticeable differences from the other car but is otherwise the same

6:49 PM

GM&O AC&F lightweight 54 seat coach-lunch counter (originally GM&N 62 seat coach-buffet)

GM&O AC&F lightweight 1DR-24 seat parlor?

4:27 PM

GM&O AC&F lightweight 1DR-24 seat parlor?

9:14 PM