Passenger cars 861 and 871

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  • September 22, 2022 at 4:12 pm #6625
    Larry Schievelbein
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    Hello,
    I have recently acquired a couple of brass passenger cars made by The Coach Yard but on the box ends there’s no adequate description of what they are besides coaches, (not original boxes). Does anyone know what car #’s 861 and 871 exactly are, (chair, coaches, how many seats)?
    Thanks,
    Larry Winfrey

    September 23, 2022 at 10:30 pm #10523
    princessclyne69
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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.

    RG7

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