Re: Troop Sleepers
Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D. <smithbf@...>
John,
You replied: If anyone has this, I'll be glad to post it on our site for futureI'm a little foggy on what you meant? (I'm a little foggy PERIOD, but thats another story!)...Were you referring to additional photos of the cars? I can supply some info on the kitchen car. It is a 1944 ACF product and as mentioned, it is at the Southeastern Railway Museum (http://www.srmduluth.org/). The museum is located in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. It is owned and operated by the Atlanta Chapter, National Railway Historical Society and is staffed completely with volunteers. The car is painted in what I beleive to be a later US Army scheme (as opposed to the original Pullman scheme), and I beleive that this car was never modified fo alternative service and has its interior intact. The car can be seen at: http://www.srmduluth.org/Exhibits/misc.htm I will scan the photos I have of this car and create a photopoint site. The staff at the site is really nice and when I asked, they seemed thrilled that I would be interested in taking a really good look at their car. BTW, the photo of Troop Sleeper #7040 on your site looks to be a "Phase I" Pullman troop sleeper (as defined by Cannonball), which makes sense since it is in the first number series (ie built in 1943). The Cannonball kit most readily makes a phase II, but of course, I have to be difficult and model the phase I variation! There are subtle variations like the side sills that distinguish version... Happy Rails Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D. Scott-Ritchey Research Center 334-844-5587, 334-844-5850 (fax) http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/~smithbf/ "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin __ / \ __<+--+>________________\__/___ ____________________________________ |- ______/ O O \_______ -| | __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ | | / 4999 PENNSYLVANIA 4999 \ | ||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__|| |/_____________________________\|_|____________________________________| | O--O \0 0 0 0/ O--O | 0-0-0 0-0-0
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