Nostalgia & History > C&O Heavyweight Pullmans in 1950--A Roster

I've been doing research into the C&O's 1946 order with Pullman Standard for reequipping its entire fleet of passenger cars with lightweight equipment. As you C&O scholars know, the order was subsequently downsized when the C&O re-thought the scope of its postwar passenger fleet needs, with some of the cars never being built, and others completed but taken over by roads including the B&O, IC, D&RGW, and NYC. Part of my work has been to compare the C&O heavyweight sleeping car fleet's capacities with the capacities of the cars C&O ordered as replacements. That's too much to get into here, but for those of you interested, here's a list (with interior configurations) of the 66 C&O heavyweight sleeping car car fleet as it existed in 1950--when the lightweight cars that C&O retained on order were finally delivered.

The C&OHS convention is this week in Frankfort, KY, and Jesse Smith will be giving a detailed presentation concerning C&O's heavyweight sleepers. Thanks to Jesse for correcting some errors that appeared when I first transcribed this list from an official 1950 Pullman Company roster of cars.

Art House

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1. Alexander Spottswood 10 sec/1DR/1compt

2. American Revolution 8 sec/lounge

3. Anne Bailey 14 sec

4. Ann McGinty 12 sec/1DR

5. Baron von Steuben 12 Sec/1DR

6. Bellevue 12 Sec/1 DR

7. Blue Gentian 8 Sec/1DR/2Compt

8. Brother Jonathan 12 sec/1DR

9. Camp McCoy 10 Sec/1Dr/2Compt

10. Carters Grove 6 Sec/1DR/2DBR/2Compt

11. Cascades 8 roomettes/3DBR/2DR

12. Centrcroft 8 Sec/1DR/2Compt

13. Chancellor Livingston 10 Sec/1DR/2DBR

14. Charles Thomson 10 Sec/1DR/2DBR

15. Commander-in-Chief 8 sec/lounge

16. Continental Congress 8 sec/1DR/lounge

17. Count de Rochambeau 12 Sec/1DR

18. Daniel Morgan 12 Sec/1DR

19. David Massom 10 Sec/1Dr/2Compt

20. Ferry Farm 12 Sec/1DR

21. First Citizen 8 Sec/1DR/2Compt

22. Fort Lee 14 Sec

23. Fort Stevens 10 Sec/1Dr/2Compt

24. Fort Washngton 8 sec/1DR/lounge

25. Frederick Muhlenberg 12 Sec/1DR

26. Fresno 12 Sec/1DR

27. Governor Nelson 10 Sec/1DR/2DBR

28. Isaac Shelby 10 Sec/1DR/2DBR

29. Jack Jouett 10 Sec/1DR/2DBR

30. James Craik 10 sec/1DR/1compt

31. James Harrod 10 sec/1DR/1compt

32. James Ramsay 12 Sec/1DR

33. John Witherspoon 10 sec/1DR/1compt

34. Kanawha 6 sec/1DR/2DBR/2Compt

35. Kentucky Home 8 sec/1DR/lounge

36. Keswick 12 Sec/1DR

37. Lord Cornwallis 12 Sec/1DR

38. Lord Fairfax 12 Sec/1DR

39. Marquis Lafayette 12 Sec/1DR

40. Mary Washington 12 Sec/1DR

41. McClenny 12 Sec/1DR

42. McMeeken 12 Sec/1DR

43. Merriwether Lewis 10 Sec/1DR/2DBR

44. Midland Trail 8 sec/1DR/lounge

45. Monmouth 12 Sec/1DR

46. Ohio Valley 8 sec/1DR/lounge

47. Old White 8 roomettes/3DBR/2DR

48. Pierre L'Enfant 10 Sec/1DR/2DBR

49. Pohick Church 12 Sec/1DR

50. Potomac 8 Sec/1DR/2Compt

51. Sam Houston 10 Sec/1DR/2DBR

52. Seabreeze 6 Sec/1DR/lounge

53. Seaview 6 Sec/1DR/lounge

54. Simon Kenton 10 Sec/1Dr/2Compt

55. Spirit of '76 12 Sec/1DR

56. Stonewall Jackson 8 Sec/1DR/2Compt

57. Tobias Lear 10 Sec/1DR/1Compt

58. Tuckahoe 6 Sec/1DR/2DBR/2Compt

59. Valley Forge 8 Sec/3DBR/1DR

60. Wakefield 12 Sec/1DR

61. Washington Elm 8 Sec/1DR

62. Westover 8 Sec/1DR/2Compt

63. William Clark 10 Sec/1DR/2DBR

64. Williamsburg 8 Sec/3DBR/1DR

65. Windom 10 Sec/1Dr/2Compt

66. York Hall 8 Sec/3DBR/1DR

Art,
The Pullman Library at the Illinois Railway Museum has the original specifications for the ordered cars (likely as well - the HW cars). I know as I researched the D&RGW side of the order, I also obtained the side views and the underbody layout. I you'd like to talk about the specifics about these things, you can contact me at my off list email drgw at drgw.org.