| Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 2726 at Eola, Illinois on October 11, 1964, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 2726 was built in July 1928 by Pullman as CB&Q class PMC ( Passenger Motor Car ) number 847, powered by EMC with a Winton 275 horsepower gasoline engine ( c/n 283 ). It was renumbered in April 1930 to 9847. During December 1942 it was de-motored and converted to a passenger-mail-baggage car, renumbered to 2726 and assigned to branch line service. It is seen here at the Q's Reclamation Plant, soon to be scrapped. This photo was originally marked as 2725, and information about 2725 was obtained from Bernard Corbin's book, "Burlington In Transition", however, Rupert Gamlen called my attention to the error as follows: There is a photo of an ex-motor car labelled 2725, but I think this is 2726. Number 2725 was ex-574, 839 and 9839 built by Saint Louis, while 2726 was ex-847 and 9847 built by Pullman. One of the distinguishing features are the roof vents. The Saint Louis cars have them on the centreline while the Pullmans have box-like ones each side of the centreline. Also, according to Bill Glick's Passenger Car Roster book, 2725 was scrapped in 1958, six years before the photo. |