THE
Mexican-Owned, Pullman-Operated Cars
Copyright 2007-2010 Thomas C. Madden
In the 1950s and ‘60s Mexican railroads purchased 534 surplus
heavyweight and lightweight
B4 2 LW 21 HW
C&NW
19 LW
C&O 70 HW
CStPM&O 4
LW
MC 4 LW 13 HW
NYC 162 LW 125 HW
PM 4 HW
PRR
34 LW
Pullman
1 LW 39 HW
RF&P 1 HW
SP 35 HW
All of the cars were renamed, which has led to some confusion. The
Most of the uncertainties were eventually cleared up, but not all. The
two primary references (Pullman’s 5/5/67 memo “Cars Assigned in
Mexico” and NdeM’s Augusto de 1970 document “Libro de Datos
de Coches Dormitorios, Dormitorio-Buffet-Observatorios, Comedores,
Comedor-Observatorios, Bar-Observatorios, Bar-Salon, Especiales y
Autovias”) do not agree completely, nor do the two secondary references (Randall’s
early ‘80s three volume “Streamliner Cars” books and Geoffrey
Doughty’s 1997 book “New York Central’s Lightweight Passenger
Cars, Trains and Travel”). In some cases there are three-way
disagreements.
My research focuses on
Tom Madden
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