Grand Trunk Western 9695 is an all-steel heavyweight RPO (Railway Post Office) car. The interior of the car has facilities for Post Office Department workers to sort mail while the train was en route. It is fitted with equipment for dropping off and picking up bags of mail “on the

C&NW X250398 was built as a streamlined baggage/mail car for use on the City of Denver train between Chicago and Denver. Cars like this were mostly used for carrying passengers’ luggage, express freight, and other less-than-car-load (LCL) shipments. This car was retired from passenger service in 1953 and rebuilt in

C&NW X300902 was built as a streamlined baggage/tap room car for use on the City of Denver train between Chicago and Denver. Partly used for baggage, the tap room portion of the car was a bar called the “Frontier Shack” and finished in wood planking with western-themed decorations. This car

Chicago & North Western “Floyd River” is an all-steel heavyweight sleeping car. It is designed for long-distance accommodation and features a mixture of private rooms and open seating that was convertible into bunks separated by heavy curtains for nighttime accommodation. It was transferred from Pullman ownership to the Chicago &

GN Pullman car “John McLoughlin” is an all-steel heavyweight sleeping car. It is designed for long-distance accommodation and features a mixture of private rooms and open seating, known as a section, that was convertible into bunks separated by heavy curtains for nighttime accommodation. FUN FACT: The John McLoughlin this car

IC car “King Cotton” is a streamlined 6-6-4 sleeping car. It is designed for long-distance travel between Chicago and New Orleans and features a mixture of private rooms (four double bedrooms and six roomettes) and open seating, known as sections, that could be converted into bunks separated by heavy curtains

Milwaukee Road “Lake City” is an all-steel parlor-observation-sleeping car built for use on that railroad’s network between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest. It features an observation compartment with 180-degree views from the back of the train, a smoking lounge, and “section” seating that  converted overnight into bunks with heavy curtains

Duluth Missabe & Iron Range 84 is an all-steel coach. It was built to carry passengers over the DM&IR system in northeastern Minnesota. It is a “day coach” which denotes its configuration for longer-distance transportation. The car has more comfortable seating than a short-haul commuter coach. After the DM&IR retired

Chicago Great Western 99 is a steel-sheathed, wood-body railroad business car. It was built for use by company officials as a rolling office and meeting space, mobile living quarters, and as a way to travel privately and entertain customers. Its open rear platform is typical of business cars and permitted

C&NW 151 is a bi-level coach/cab car designed for commuter service out of Chicago. It is a “cab car” because there is a cab on the upper level for the engineer from which he can run the train. Car 151 was the very first bi-level cab car ever put into