| These 50’ standard steel
box car Troop Sleepers are painted Pullman Green with black ends and are lettered
in Dulux Imitation Gold. They were built in 1943 by Pullman Standard and ran on
Allied Full Cushion trucks which were standard issue for these cars through its
wartime service. The second order consisted of 1,000 troop sleeping cars, each
accommodating 29-30 passengers and one Pullman porter. After the war they were
sold by the government for bargain basement prices to railroads that converted
them to a wide variety of uses ranging from cabooses to baggage cars to Railway
Post Offices. |
