Equipment Information

C&IM X117 is a railroad “camp car,” a car used as a rolling commissary for maintenance-of-way workers. Camp cars were typically moved to a siding near a work site and parked there until the job was done, providing workers with nearby meals and accommodation. Car X117 was originally constructed as a passenger coach, or “chair car,” for the Wabash Railroad. Its early history is uncertain; research is continuing.

COMPARE ME WITH: DM&IR 84, a steel passenger coach which was never converted for use as a camp car. Car 84 shows generally what C&IM X117 would have looked like when it was in passenger service on the Wabash.

Builder: American Car & Foundry
Year Built: ???
Length: 81ft 6in
Width: 10ft 7in
Height: 14ft
Weight: ??? lbs
Brakes: UC
Trucks: 6 Wheel
Description: Camp Car X117
Arrived: 1981
Condition: Incomplete / unrestored / not operational

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