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September 23, 2022 at 10:30 pm
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David Boeschen
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The 861 is one of three coaches built by Budd for the Colorado Eagle as add-on cars in about 1948 (860-862). They were standard flat-top coaches, and were built at the same time as three dome-coaches, also by Budd, to add two cars to the consist of each train.
The 871 is a grill-coach, built by ACF. The end opposite the vestibule has a small kitchen and a serving window that faces the coach seats. There is a pair of tables at the seats closest to the kitchen. These followed a long tradition on the MoPac of having a small food-service facility for secondary trains.
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