Pullman Standard BUTLER PA.


with plug doors (lot 8813). Fi- nally, the Southern had Pullman build a small set (15 cars) in De- cember 1963 with 12-foot plug doors followed by another order for more 12-foot door cars in Jan- uary 1964 (lots 8832 and 8870, respectively).


The fi rst of the three designs


This month, we’ll focus on the


initial delivery from lot 8694 by Pullman’s Bessemer, Alabama, plant in July 1962. There were 300 cars built, marked Southern 9200–9499. The cars had an in- terior length of 50-feet, 6-inches with a 4,949-cubic-foot capacity. It is likely they were ordered for newsprint or other paper product service. As delivered, Southern allocated the cars to various sub- sidiary roads, although all came with Southern reporting marks. Ownership could be determined by the markings stenciled in the upper right-hand corner of the car. Southern 9200–9379 were assigned to the Southern prop- er (these were unmarked in the upper corner). Cars 9380–9454 were marked for Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway


Sliding Sill Cushion


Underframe Although not part of the Southern cars depicted this month, these pic- tures serve well to illus- trate the long hose used to connect the brake pipe to cut-off angle cock and hose. Why such a long hose should be used is a mystery to me: the pipe is att ached to the fl oati ng sill, and the coupler was subject to no more movement than any other car. Pull- man changed this on the follow-up order, so something was indeed learned. — P-S photos, author’s collecti on


HydroFrame-60 The heart of Pullman’s Hydroframe-60: a package ready to drop into the car. The system was capable of 30 inches of travel in each directi on, thus the “60.” Later product im- provements reduced the spring group to two, but in all cases, these units were buried in- side cover plates. The Southern co-invented this system. — P-S photo, author’s collecti on


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