Equipment Information

C&NW 8784 is an all-steel baggage/automobile car. Cars like this were hauled in passenger trains and were mostly used for carrying passengers’ luggage, express freight, and other less-than-car-load (LCL) shipments. This car is unusual because it was fitted with full-width doors at one end so that automobiles could be driven aboard to be transported by train.

Builder: Pullman/Pullman-Standard
Year Built: 1915
Length: 73ft 5in
Width: 9ft 11in
Height: 14ft 3in
Weight: 122400 lbs
Brakes: LN
Trucks: 6 Wheel
Description: Auto/Baggage 8ft 6in End Door / later CNW X300742
Arrived: ????
Condition: Complete / unrestored / not operational

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