Passenger cars, including coaches, dining cars, dining-bar lounge cars and parlor observation cars, are being converted at Lafayette, Ind, shops of Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville from U S Army surplus hospital cars; mail cars are also reconstructed from hospital cars, while baggage cars are rebuilt from surplus Pullman troop sleepers; illustrated description of cars. (See also Ry Age v 124 n 2 Jan 10 1948 p 114-7)


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    Title :

    Monon converts hospital cars and troop sleepers to make up streamline trains


    Additional title:

    Ry Mech Engr


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1948


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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