Classic mix of passenger cars

A bit more interesting than it appears. The Armour Yellow cars are lettered for Pullman. Unusual combination. The car on the upper right is Frisco. Now I'm just wondering where one would find NP, SP,Pullman, UP, Frisco all in the same yard?

Yes I'm at a bit of a loss. I didn't think the Frisco trains made it as far north as Chicago. Generally speaking SP Daylight cars rarely left the system, but could be a Cotton Belt car. The Pullman/UP cars suggest a COLA train C.1947. My thought was a Pullman shop such as Richmond CA, but I have problems getting the Frisco car there. Perhaps a museum yard?


BTW: Chief Rocky Bear is a 8-1-1 sleeper.

Mark

That's an odd place for that NP car though, unless it's a business car?

You know the original image selection is interesting in that the only time I was in St. Louis was the end of May 1957.

As for the photo stream, it's not as interesting as the original post. I can't download the images to process for detail enhancement. I have to say the C&EI No 200 was interesting.

I'm still at a loss for how the NP cars made it to St. Louis. I've checked the 1957 NP timetable which shows neither a scheduled through Finally you can to St. Louis, lightweight or heavyweight, nor heavyweight sleepers scheduled outside of the Northwestern pool service. The only path I can see for those cars is on the UP City of St Louis. So Rob can you settle my curiosity? What was the road for through service?

You can never learn too much about railroads. After 40+ years I've barely learned anything east of the Rockies and after my attendance of the SP & UP historical societies convention, I realized I still have a lot to learn about west of the Rockies.



Mark

Since this has bubbled up to the top again, I have a couple of new comments.

First the Daylight car. SP had only one PB combine painted in Daylight colors, 3176, which was assigned to the Sacramento Daylight and rarely wandered beyond Lathrop. However the Cotton Belt ran Daylight heavyweight passenger cars. The Cotton Belt version differed from SP in that the roofs were painted aluminum instead of black. So the combine most likely belonged to them.



I can neither confirm nor refute Rob's statement on the NP cars. I've yet to find an NP passenger train schedule from the late 50s reporting a connecting train into St, Louis. One other possibility from my studies of the CZ is that the cars were part of a special train. I learned the CZ started hosting specials of foreign equipment by the late 50s and these cars could be part of some convention or corporate event that caught a ride on a train into St. Louis.