LOCOMOTIVE HAULED CARS OF THE PAST
MILWAUKEE ROAD
Numbers Type Builder Built
4570-4576 Coach Milwaukee Road Shops 1942
Cars 4570-4576 were converted from long distance coaches 457, 469, 454, 455, 459, 470, 463, and equipped for HEP to operate with the bilevel coaches. Car 4570 was rebuilt in 1963 and the others were rebuilt in 1968.
ROCK ISLAND
Numbers Type Builder Built
10-29 Coach General Motors 1956
2500-2549 Coach Standard Steel Car 1923
2550-2589 Coach Standard Steel Car 1927
2590-2599 Coach Standard Steel Car 1928
2600-2614 Coach Standard Steel Car 1929
2700-2719 Coach Pullman-Standard 1949
Cars 10-29 were from the two Aerotrain consists, and were modified bus bodies built by the General Motors Truck and Coach Division. The Aerotrains operated until 1965. Cars 2700-2719 were lightweight and had automatic doors, but were steam heated.
BURLINGTON ROUTE
Numbers Type Builder Built
7200-7205 Coach/Generator CB&Q Shops 1929
7300-7309 Coach/Generator American Car & F. 1916
7310-7312 Coach/Generator Pullman 1922
7313 Coach/Generator American Car & F. 1916
Cars were rebuilt from coach/baggage cars, and had diesel generators installed in the baggage sections. The generators provided electrical power for the bilevel coaches, which were not equipped with the batteries and axle generators normally used on steam heated equipment. In 1949, cars 7200-7205 were rebuilt from cars 7147-7152. And in 1950, cars 7300-7313 were rebuilt from cars 6100-6104, 6106-6109, 6116, 6124, 6150, 6153, 6105. All cars were retired by 1974, when modernization of the bilevel fleet was completed.
NORFOLK AND WESTERN
Numbers Type Builder Built
1001-1008 Coach Pullman-Standard 1941
1009-1010 Coach Pullman-Standard 1949
1368 Steam Gen. American Car & Foundry 1925
Cars 1001-1008 were reequipped for commuter service in 1970, renumbered from long distance coaches 1720-1724, 1730, 1732, 1734. Cars 1009 and 1010 were similar reequipped by 1976 from coaches 537 and 538. Reequipping included installation of commuter type seating and removal of doors. Car 1368 was converted from a heavyweight baggage car, ex Wabash 345, and provided heat when the train was assigned GP40's not equipped with steam generators. At the time only one train a day operated each way, and during weekends the train deadheaded from its Orland Park terminal to Decatur IL for servicing.
GULF MOBILE AND OHIO
Numbers Type Builder Built
3052 Coach American Car & Foundry 1947
3055 Coach American Car & Foundry 1947
3060 Coach American Car & Foundry 1947
3099 Coach Pullman 1924
Car 3055 was wrecked in 1975. Car 3099 was originally Chicago & Alton 328.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD/PENN CENTRAL
Numbers Type Builder Built
1625-1744 Coach various 1926-1928
Only some of these "P70" coaches were actually used on the Chicago-Valparaiso commuter trains, most were used in the northeastern United States.
Some of this roster information is from the "Railway Passenger Car Annual" books, published during the 1970's by W. David Randall.