coach joe posted:Very interesting. I'm sure the originals were the brainchild of some penny pinching RR exec, re-purpose an old freight car into a cabin car on the cheap. Nice work as always Malcolm. Good to have you back.
Nope, as stated earlier there were plenty of boxcar cabooses/cabins during World War II. Shortages of materials as well as wartime priorities made for many creative ways to save man hours and materials. Think of the common NX23 Pennsy boxcar cabin made by adding porthole windows as well as a small bay window to an X23 single sheathed box car.
Interesting concept, it's cupola seating without the protective cupola. Must have been interesting getting up and down during train movement and I can't imagine being up there with slack action banging that car around.
Would be great to know what type of service they were used in to make more sense of the Santa Fe's idea.
