Recent content by Brad Gordon

I'm not sure what you mean. I'm sure it is a St.Louis car. I'll probably see this guy that had the book this weekend. The book was from the '70s. It had baggage cars from all eras.I will let you know the exact numbers that were originally on this car

Hi Seaboard, how are you? This particular car is a St. Louis according to the old Amtrak books. I found this out over the weekend. These were painted silver and now faded with a chalky primer finish. I've seen some pictures of them with rust along the side running between the two doors...

Thanks, Trogdor I had one more question if you don't mind. Where these particular baggage cars painted a primer color? I know these cars come from heritage fleets that were painted with different road names at one time. I've seen some of these older baggage cars that had a stainless sheen. I...

I am currently in the process of building an HO scale model of the Vermonter 1801 baggage car. The pictures that I find on the internet show the same side with one set of 2 sliding doors on the left and a one-window sliding single door on the right. Are both sides the same? Are the double doors...