Casey Jones 1900 Consist

[NSlover92]

 Hey guys, Do any of ya'll know the exact consist of the train Casey Jones was running in 1900 on the night of the crash? Thanks Mike

[wanswheel]

Forget about exact for now, beyond:

Engine No. 382, a 4-6-0

Mail car No. 51

Baggage car No. 217

"Coaches and Sleepers" (from a passenger's statement)

I thought a dining car too but this link says just 6 cars:

http://www.watervalley.net/users/caseyjones/cj~long.htm

Here's a link to Casey Jones the song recorded in 1910 (Real Player)

http://www.jazz-on-line.com/a/ramr/RiVic16483.ram

[CSSHEGEWISCH]

A dining car might be unlikely since it was a common practice into the post-WW1 era for dining cars to be switched in and out of the consist for meal periods only.  Through dining cars would have been the exception.

[wjstix]

CSSHEGEWISCH

A dining car might be unlikely since it was a common practice into the post-WW1 era for dining cars to be switched in and out of the consist for meal periods only.  Through dining cars would have been the exception.

Of course the wreck was in April 1900 however.

Check out the April 2000 issue of Trains, which had Casey's story as the cover story.