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CAR
NAME
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PHOTO
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NOTES
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This
list is a work-in-progress. Any additions/corrections or photos
you'd like to contribute -- please
email.
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Locomotive |
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New
York Central 4-8-2 L-2c Mohawk #2873
streamlined and converted from coal to oil burning just for
this train.
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1
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Kantleek |
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Power
Car. A heavyweight club-baggage car rebuilt and streamlined,
as all these cars were, especially for the Rexall Train. |
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2
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Firstaid |
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16-Section
Service Sleeper for 20+ members of the train's technical and
Pullman staff -- including the train's three Pullman chefs and
four-piece orchestra. |
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3
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Ad-Vantages |
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Exhibit
Car #1 Merchandise displays, novelty attractions and demonstrators. |
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4
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Research |
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Exhibit
Car #2 Merchandise displays, novelty attractions and demonstrators. |
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5
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Bisma-Rex |
Photo needed
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Exhibit
Car #3 Merchandise displays, novelty attractions and demonstrators. |
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6
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Cara
Nome |
Photo
needed
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Exhibit
Car #4 Merchandise displays, novelty attractions and demonstrators. |
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7
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Klenzo |
Photo
needed
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Lecture
Car for conventioneers. |
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8
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Symphony |
Photo
needed
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Diner
serving buffet lunch and dinners for conventioneers. |
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9
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Adrienne |
Photo
needed
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Lecture
Car for conventioneers. |
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10
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Mi-31 |
Photo
needed
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Bar
Lounge containing two cocktail bars and a dance floor. |
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11
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Joan
Manning |
Photo
needed
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10-Room
Sleeper for 20+ members of the train's demonstration and publicity
staffs. |
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12
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Puretest |
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Open
Platform Observation / Private Car of Louis K. Liggett. |
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Acknowledgments
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Research
resources include: Mary Jayne & John Z. Rowe, Jerry Laboda's
Passenger
Car Photo Index, John H. Kuehl's book "Amtrak
Car Spotter", Jim Hediger's article "Auto-Train"
in the December 1974 issue of Model Railroader Magazine, George
Elwood's Fallen
Flags, Don Stack's comprehensive UtahRails.net
website, W. David Randall's Railway Passenger Car Annual,
Vol 3, 1976, Robert Sarberenyi, David Thompson, Walt Smith,
George Elwood, Chelsea White, Mark Kuehler, Mike Palmieri,
Al Gorney, Robert Ridgeway, Phillip Gandy, Bill Griffin, Walter
Gay, Dave Seidel, John Carroll, Web
Lurker, John Signor, David Perata. Many thanks to
all who have contributed to keeping track of the histories
of the equipment of the 1936 Rexall Train!
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