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IN 1914 AMERICAN CAR & FOUNDRY BUILT TWENTY SHORT STEEL
BAGGAGE CARS - CLASS B-40 - WHICH WERE LATER REFERRED TO AS
PING BAGGAGE CARS
MB-45 NUMBER 1202 WITH A B-40 BAGG CIRCA 1915
IN THE 1920'S AND 1930'S REGULAR BAGGAGE TRAINS WERE RUN TO AND FROM MONTAUK
THIS BAGGAGE TRAIN BEHIND A K4 INCLUDES TWO B-40 BAGGS
THE FISH TRAIN
1914 B-40 BAGGAGE CARS 657 and 658 WERE EQUIPPED WITH
ICE TRAYS FOR KEEPING COLD THE FISH THAT WERE CAUGHT.
THE ARCH BAR TRUCKS HAD BEEN REPLACED WITH STANDARD P-54, T-54 TRUCKS.
IN THE 1930'S RICHIE HARRISON PHOTOGRAPHED THE FISH TRAIN LEAVING MONTAUK
CENTRAL ISLIP STATE HOSPITAL ENGINE 03 WITH A B-40 BAGG AND TRAIN CREW:
GUS NEWMAN, ENGINEER; FRANK "DUSTY" RHODES, TRAINMAN; BILL
BLAKE, TRAINMAN; WALTER WEBB, CONDUCTOR; UNIDENTIFIED FIREMAN.
THANKS TO DAVE KELLER FOR ANOTHER GREAT HISTORIC PHOTO!
EVENTUALLY THE B-40S BECAME SNOW FIGHTING CHLORIDE CARS
BILL RUGEN PHOTOGRAPHED THE 498844 IN HOLBAN YARD ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1936.
HE DESCRIBES THE CAR AS A THIRD RAIL SWEEPER, THE FORMER B-40 NUMBER 651
FROM DAVE KELLER THE 498846 AT EAST WILLISTON IN 1954
FORMER FISH TRAIN B-40 NUMBER 658 BECAME A STORAGE CAR AND WAS PHOTOGRAPHED IN MORRIS PARK IN OCTOBER 1951
go to ----> THE FISH TRAIN
go to ----> CENTRAL ISLIP STATE HOSPITAL
go to ----> PING - PONG ENGINE
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BAGGAGE CARS - CLASS B-40 - WHICH WERE LATER REFERRED TO AS
PING BAGGAGE CARS
MB-45 NUMBER 1202 WITH A B-40 BAGG CIRCA 1915
IN THE 1920'S AND 1930'S REGULAR BAGGAGE TRAINS WERE RUN TO AND FROM MONTAUK
THIS BAGGAGE TRAIN BEHIND A K4 INCLUDES TWO B-40 BAGGS
THE FISH TRAIN
1914 B-40 BAGGAGE CARS 657 and 658 WERE EQUIPPED WITH
ICE TRAYS FOR KEEPING COLD THE FISH THAT WERE CAUGHT.
THE ARCH BAR TRUCKS HAD BEEN REPLACED WITH STANDARD P-54, T-54 TRUCKS.
IN THE 1930'S RICHIE HARRISON PHOTOGRAPHED THE FISH TRAIN LEAVING MONTAUK
CENTRAL ISLIP STATE HOSPITAL ENGINE 03 WITH A B-40 BAGG AND TRAIN CREW:
GUS NEWMAN, ENGINEER; FRANK "DUSTY" RHODES, TRAINMAN; BILL
BLAKE, TRAINMAN; WALTER WEBB, CONDUCTOR; UNIDENTIFIED FIREMAN.
THANKS TO DAVE KELLER FOR ANOTHER GREAT HISTORIC PHOTO!
EVENTUALLY THE B-40S BECAME SNOW FIGHTING CHLORIDE CARS
BILL RUGEN PHOTOGRAPHED THE 498844 IN HOLBAN YARD ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1936.
HE DESCRIBES THE CAR AS A THIRD RAIL SWEEPER, THE FORMER B-40 NUMBER 651
FROM DAVE KELLER THE 498846 AT EAST WILLISTON IN 1954
FORMER FISH TRAIN B-40 NUMBER 658 BECAME A STORAGE CAR AND WAS PHOTOGRAPHED IN MORRIS PARK IN OCTOBER 1951
go to ----> THE FISH TRAIN
go to ----> CENTRAL ISLIP STATE HOSPITAL
go to ----> PING - PONG ENGINE
RETURN TO HOME PAGE