GLC gets old PRR baggage car

[PerRock]

A friend of mine from NJ just posted a picture on Facebook of an old PRR baggage car starting it was destined for the GLC. What might this car be used for?

Peter

[Saturnalia]

SRI?

[Standard Railfan]

Hauling old bags?

Does anyone have any detail on where the Baggage car is coming form or any ID/history of the car?

Thanks.

[PerRock]

I can tell you that it is: RPCX 9312 and that it is an B-60B baggage car.

Ah yes SRI, I forget that they are up there.

Peter

[Standard Railfan]

Thanks

[Hogger1225]

Not SRI's.

[gonzojoe]

They may be getting it ready for the new Howell-Ann Arbor commuter service.

[Ypsi]

They may be getting it ready for the new Howell-Ann Arbor commuter service.

No need for a baggage car on those runs.

Although maybe if they need a HEP car they can rebuild it

[Standard Railfan]

They may be getting it ready for the new Howell-Ann Arbor commuter service.

No need for a baggage car on those runs.

Although maybe if they need a HEP car they can rebuild it

HEP is a real possibility. Bar car anyone?

[GLC 392]

I am gonna go with a Bar car...

[TrainWatcher]

They may be getting it ready for the new Howell-Ann Arbor commuter service.

No need for a baggage car on those runs.

Although maybe if they need a HEP car they can rebuild it

HEP is a real possibility. Bar car anyone?

HEP in a PRR B60B. Now I have heard of everything.

[Standard Railfan]

IIRC the Lake Superior Transportation Museum in Duluth has a HEP unit installed in a baggage car. I cannot recall the cars linage, either Great Northern or Northern Pacific. The car doubles as a snack bar/ souvenir stand.

That leads to some speculation , if GLC has plans for excursion service, maybe a casino run between SE Michigan and Traverse City (the track is right behind the casino) why not a power car?

[BerkshireKid]

Anyone have a picture of this car or location they can post?

[GLC 392]

It was sitting on the shop track at the shops the other day

[Super Chief]

Are there still enough bi-levels still in Cadillac to start an excursion train?
Assume they would need a power car for those? It does sound like an interesting concept though. Petosky also has a casino. So here goes a casino cruise from Mt. Pleasant to Petosky and Traverse City. I like it!!! Remember when Michigan Northern ran those snowmobile trains from Comstock Park to Cadillac? I was on the first one and they were 6 hours late as they had hit an automobile on the way out of Cadillac and got to Comstock Park in a snow storm at about 5:30pm. The Alco won that one.

[KC]

Are there still enough bi-levels still in Cadillac to start an excursion train?
Assume they would need a power car for those? It does sound like an interesting concept though. Petosky also has a casino. So here goes a casino cruise from Mt. Pleasant to Petosky and Traverse City. I like it!!! Remember when Michigan Northern ran those snowmobile trains from Comstock Park to Cadillac? I was on the first one and they were 6 hours late as they had hit an automobile on the way out of Cadillac and got to Comstock Park in a snow storm at about 5:30pm. The Alco won that one.

Super Chief, lots of bi-levels at North Yard in Cadillac still,

drop me a email please, would like to ask you couple questions about the snowtrains MIGN ran.

Kelly

[BerkshireKid]

The car on the shop track has been there for a month now. I looked up pictures of the type of baggage supposedly coming and it dont match that car. I havent checked numbers though.

[GLC 392]

Hmm okay now I am interested in why all these rpcx cars are showing up.

[BerkshireKid]

GLC is putting themselves out there as car rebuilders to drum up biz. They have a PRR blunt end inside, the baggage on the shop track and now another PRR car coming. The RPCX reporting marks are the easiest way to move a passenger car short of showing a railroad owning it.

[GP30M4216]

I've always wanted to gather together restored PRR passenger equipment and run a solid PRR excursion train behind Bennett Levin's twin PRR E8s. (Much the same as the group from Minnesota runs solid MILW trains behind #261). Maybe GLC is unknowing making my dreams a reality!