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U.S. Army hospital cars
Posted by Nebraskafan on Friday, March 29, 2013 2:46 PM

Which railroad, other than the Monon, used ex-U.S. Army hospital cars to modernize its postwar passenger service?

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Posted by henry6 on Friday, March 29, 2013 4:13 PM

I believe Railway Express utilized them. DL&W and some others used them, too, but for work cars complete with kitchens, etc.  

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Posted by rcdrye on Friday, March 29, 2013 5:34 PM

SP converted several WWII era cars to Baggage Dorms, used on Overland Route trains.  Korean war era hospital cars, never used by the Army, ended up in Amtrak ownership in 1973 where they were converted to Baggage Dorms and some very nice lounge cars.

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Posted by FlyingCrow on Friday, March 29, 2013 9:40 PM

Atlantic Coast Line - they rebuilt them into business cars.

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Posted by efftenxrfe on Saturday, March 30, 2013 6:27 PM

Just guessing because the Alaska RR seemed to be veritably the last resort that a bunch of govt raiload stuff visited that....

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Posted by henry6 on Saturday, March 30, 2013 6:56 PM

efftenxrfe

Just guessing because the Alaska RR seemed to be veritably the last resort that a bunch of govt raiload stuff visited that....

..and was owned and operated by the U.S. Army at one point!

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