photos of 1950's era camp cars needed. AKA outfit cars or crew cars.

[samfp1943]

mudchicken

Why isn't he talking to ATSF Historical in Temple TX? (Craig Ordner's bunch?)

Chico's "domestic silver fleet" came largely out of surplus heavyweight WW2 troop and hospital fleet passenger cars. DC was out there in the timeframe that the OP is talking about on old Coast lines territory.

To MC's suggestion:

At&SF Historical Society@ https://sfrhms.org/resources/

AT&SF Internet Resource Page[ list of hot links] @ http://atsfirc.qstation.org/

The Kansas Historical Society at Topeka has a large collection of Company documents  of ATSF Materials:@ https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/santa-fe-railway/12194  [See further links at the botom of that sites page.]

[mudchicken]

Why isn't he talking to ATSF Historical in Temple TX? (Craig Ordner's bunch?)

Chico's "domestic silver fleet" came largely out of surplus heavyweight WW2 troop and hospital fleet passenger cars. DC was out there in the timeframe that the OP is talking about on old Coast lines territory.

[samfp1943]

mcgeesboy

I was raised on the old AT&SF across AZ.  I lived in what I knew as an "outfit car" which was part of a large repair gang to help regular railroad section crews.  I desperately need photos of these old, gray cars.  I am publishing my autobiography of living along the tracks paralleling old Hwy. 66. 

mcgeesboy:  Just a note and maybe a suggestion or two.  The subject you are delving into; the MOW Crew Cars[outfit cars?], and specifically, AT&SF RR equipment. It is not really a subject of  with a whole lot of interest in many railfan's sights. Photos tend to be few and far between, IMHO. 

  There are a couple of posters here on this Forum, that might shed a little light on the subject for you(?).   Specifically, diningcar, and mudchicken, both have roots in Chico's railroad.    You might P.M. them, they might have some suggestions to help you out(?).

 Generally, MOW equipment was the product of equipment, that had lived past any useful life to the railroad, and was 'parked' because its revenue earning capacity was mostly over.   Some railroads, did utilize purpose built equipment, but those seemed to happen closer to current times(?)  NS seemed to favor "Camp Cars that were of modular , factory construction, and mounted on flat car chassis'.

    Post WWII, the government released a lot of war-time 'ambulance' cars, and troop carrier cars, which got sold-off into the private sector, some wound up in service on MOW work trains.   Depending on the railroad, the MOW equipment could be a pretty eclectic collection; conjured up, and off the dead-lines, or re-constructed to the individual crew's needs at the time(?)

I found this link in one 'Search' on the web: @ https://www.google.com/search?q=Photos/Railroad+maintenance+of+way+crew+crew+quarters+cars?/&client=firefox-b-1-ab&tbm=isch&tbs=rimg:CV-HbytXzfo4IjgN8WtuRmPRbczdYg16GF3Kbdmu76JnmICsKH-S9D_1gqGfb6dFgHErHaSiW0YA6Nw-kCTNm_15zhHSoSCQ3xa25GY9FtEY4yUol0968AKhIJzN1iDXoYXcoRxcd9cVKaAHAqEglt2a7vomeYgBESyl50yBcrMCoSCawof5L0P-CoEWabuR1JMBntKhIJZ9vp0WAcSscRl9gxjxFoi2sqEglpKJbRgDo3DxH3zOnlVcyaqyoSCaQJM2b_1nOEdEcQoTiZEzcjj&tbo=u&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiM3o3etr7cAhUPS6wKHX2nC40Q9C96BAgBEBs&biw=1536&bih=700&dpr=1.25#imgrc=j6on_qOU8x353M:

Hope this will help!

P.S. And as to the aforementioned NS Camp Cars [and their somewhat dubious reputations], here's a linked site: @ https://www.google.com/search?q=norfolk+southern+camp+cars&client=firefox-b-1-ab&sa=X&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=2ahUKEwiv2IPJvb7cAhVRR6wKHQ_bDbcQsAR6BAgFEAE&biw=1536&bih=700

[BaltACD]

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/

May have something that you are looking for.

[mcgeesboy]

I was raised on the old AT&SF across AZ.  I lived in what I knew as an "outfit car" which was part of a large repair gang to help regular railroad section crews.  I desperately need photos of these old, gray cars.  I am publishing my autobiography of living along the tracks paralleling old Hwy. 66.