600 & 700-Series: The ex-WB&A Cars

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Car 411, the only half-motor Pullman and the only one that had Baldwin trucks, sits in Wheaton Yard on March 14, 1957. Behind it is ex-Washington Baltimore & Annapolis combine 700.

Photo from the collection of Jay Williams

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Ex-WB&A car 600 sits in front of a Pullman in Wheaton yard on April 13, 1946. The car bears the Sunset Lines logo in the variant of the blue and grey scheme without the light stripe along bottom of the car.

Photo from the Van Dusen Collection

Photo No. ILL-22, IRM.

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Sandwiched between two motor cars is 701 in the "early American" scheme with the Sunset Lines logo. The baggage door seen here, which was not used on the CA&E, is left over from service on the Washington Baltimore & Annapolis where this car served as combine. The baggage compartment was converted into passenger space with the instalation of bench seats arranged longitudinally against the door.

Photo from the Van Dusen Collection

Illinois Railway Museum, Photo No. ILL-23.

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A solitary ex-WB&A car sits in Wheaton Yard. A caboose is on the right.

Photo by Jim Dyer