U.S. ARMY TROOP CAR CONVERSIONS - REVENUE CARS

U.S. ARMY TROOP CAR CONVERSIONS - NON-REVENUE CARS

As a resource that I hope will be of use to N-scale modelers I have compiled a number of links to Army troop cars that were rebuilt for use as revenue cars on a variety of railroads.  A large number of these cars were rebuilt as express reefers or express - baggage cars for use on passenger trains, with a few being rebuilt to freight cars for continued use.  The images below are only a sampling of what had been done with troop sleeper and troop kitchen cars, as more images are found I will be updating this page as will be possible.

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The images presented here are from the Passenger Car Photo Index, the best resource for finding images of passenger cars on the web.  If you haven't visited the Index before I hope that you will take a little free time and check it out... it is a labor of love that continues to grow, thanks to the many who generously post their shots of passenger cars.  If it weren't for these folks willingness to share what they have none of this would be possible.

One notable omission from this list are a group of troop cars that were sold to the Boston & Maine.  When the B&M acquired their group of cars they undertook a rebuilding program that resulted in some of the most unique conversions done with troop cars.  As a part of the program the B&M created 25 - express cars, numbered in the 3225 - 3249 series, one of which, now B&M 249, is shown below.  In addition to these, the B&M also created 17 unique four door baggage - express cars numbered 3260 - 3276, having two sets of two 4' doors per side, like many longer heavyweight cars have had for years.  Unfortunately I can find no images to show for this conversion.  The third conversion that was undertaken was for three baggage - mail cars, numbered 3180 - 3182.  These cars saw use on some lesser trains but were rebuilt a few years later to four door baggage - express cars and renumbered 3277 - 3279.  These were some of the most unique cars built.

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 U.S. ARMY TROOP CAR CONVERSIONS - REVENUE CARS
  • ARR 1550M - (ex-USA) troop kitchen rblt. to boxcar, in MofW service. (RR - FALLEN FLAGS)
  • ARR 1552E - (ex-USA) troop sleeper rblt. to a boxcar, in MofW service. (S. STERLING)
  • ARR 1559E - (ex-USA) troop kitchen rblt. to boxcar, in MofW service. (RR - FALLEN FLAGS)
  • ARR 8012 - (ex-USA) troop sleeper rblt. to boxcar. (RR - FALLEN FLAGS)
  • ARR 10240 - (ex-USA) troop sleeper rblt. to boxcar, in MofW service. (NORTH EAST RAILS)
  • ARR 10379 - (ex-USA) troop sleeper rblt. to boxcar. (RR - FALLEN FLAGS)
  • ARR 10397 - (ex-USA) troop sleeper rblt. to boxcar. (RR - FALLEN FLAGS)
  • AC 76 - (ex-AC 204, nee-USA 7357) steam generator car rblt from baggage - express, originally a troop sleeper. (T. ELLIS)
  • AC 76 - (T. ELLIS)
  • AC 76 - (ALGOMA CENTRAL RAILFAN & MODELERS SITE)
  • AC 76 - (ALGOMA CENTRAL RAILFAN & MODELERS SITE)
  • AC 76 - (ALGOMA CENTRAL RAILFAN & MODELERS SITE)
  • AC 76 - (ALGOMA CENTRAL RAILFAN & MODELERS SITE)
  • AC 76 - (CNR PHOTOS)
  • AC 205 - (ex-USA 7883) baggage - express rblt. from troop sleeper. (OLD TIME TRAINS)
  • AC 205 - (T. ELLIS)
  • AC 205 - (T. ELLIS)
  • AC 303 - (ex-201, nee-USA 7887) baggage car rblt. from troop sleeper. (T. ELLIS)
  • AC 306 - (ex-205, nee-USA 7883) baggage - express rblt. from troop sleeper. (ALGOMA CENTRAL RAILFAN & MODELERS SITE)
  • B&O X4448 - (ex-1726, nee-USA) C17-Class baggage - express rblt. from U.S. Army troop sleeper, in MofW service. (NORTH EAST RAILS)
  • B&O X4449 - (ex-1796, nee-USA) C17-Class baggage - express rblt. from U.S. Army troop sleeper, in MofW service, later renumbered 911563. (RR - FALLEN FLAGS)
  • B&O 910563 - (ex-X4449, exx-1796, nee-USA) C17-Class baggage - express rblt. from U.S. Army troop sleeper, in MofW service. (RR - FALLEN FLAGS)
  • B&O 910565 - (ex-X4633, exx-1759, nee-USA) C17-Class baggage - express rblt. from U.S. Army troop sleeper, in MofW service. (RR - FALLEN FLAGS)
  • B&O 910566 - (ex-USA) C17-Class baggage - express rblt. from troop sleeper, in MofW service. (RR - FALLEN FLAGS)
  • B&O express car - (nee-USAX) rblt. from troop sleeper, at KRM. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • B&M 249 - (ex-USA) MofW generator rblt. from 50' express, originally troop sleeper. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • B&M 249 MWT - (RAILCAR PHOTOS)
  • B&M 249 MWT - (NEW ENGLAND RAIL)
  • C&NW X300795 - (ex-USA) baggage - storage mail - express rblt. from troop sleeper, in MofW service. (CNWHS)
  • CB&Q 8825 - (ex-USA) baggage - storage mail - express rblt. from troop kitchen. (CASTLE GRAPHICS)
  • CB&Q 8887 - (ex-USA) baggage - storage mail - express rblt. from troop kitchen. (OTTO PERRY COLLECTION)
  • CB&Q 8899 - (ex-USA) baggage - storage mail - express rblt. from troop kitchen. (OTTO PERRY COLLECTION)
  • CB&Q 250078 - (nee-USA) 50' express boxcar rblt. from troop kitchen, in MofW service. (DRGW.ORG)
  • FW&D X336 - (ex-USA) 50' express boxcar rblt. from troop sleeper, in MofW service. (RR - FALLEN FLAGS)
  • CRIP 4203 - (ex-USA) express boxcar rblt. from troop sleeper. (ABPR)
  • CRIP 4249 - (ex-USA) express boxcar rblt. from troop sleeper. (ROCK SOSALLA)
  • EL 98 - (ex-DL&W 2119) 50' express boxcar rblt. from troop sleeper. (J.S. SANDIFER)
  • EL 198 - (ex-DL&W 10098) express boxcar rblt. from a troop sleeper. (J.S. SANDIFER)
  • KCS/CRDX 1010 - (ex-REX, nee-USA) express reefer rblt. from troop sleeper. (RR - FALLEN FLAGS)
  • KCS/CRDX 1019 - (ex-REX, nee-USA) 50' express reefer rblt. from troop sleeper. (J.S. SANDIFER)
  • MP X15034 - (ex-USA) express boxcar rblt. from troop kitchen, in MofW service. (P.J. VINCENT COLLECTION)
  • MP X15045 - (ex-USA) express boxcar rblt. from troop kitchen, in MofW service. (P.J. VINCENT COLLECTION)
  • NH 3638 - (ex-USA) express boxcar rblt. from troop sleeper. (NORTH EAST RAILS)
  • NH 5116 - (ex-USA) express boxcar rblt. from troop sleeper. (LOS ANGELES RIVER RAILROADS)
  • NYC 9220 - (ex-USA) express boxcar with boxcar doors rblt. from troop sleeper. (J.S. SANDIFER)
  • NYC 9239 - (ex-USA) express boxcar with boxcar doors rblt. from troop sleeper. (J.S. SANDIFER)
  • NYC 9291 - (ex-USA) express boxcar with boxcar doors rblt. from troop sleeper. (CANADA SOUTHERN)
  • NYC 9370 - (ex-USA) express boxcar with boxcar doors rblt. from troop sleeper. (ABPR)
  • NYC 9443 - (ex-USA) express boxcar rblt. from troop sleeper. (J.S. SANDIFER)
  • PGE 722 - (ex-USA) express boxcar rblt. from troop sleeper. (BCR570)
  • PGE 722 - (ABPR)
  • REX 6774 - (ex-USA) express reefer rblt. from troop sleeper. (CANADA SOUTHERN)
  • REX 6786 - (ex-USA) express reefer rblt. from troop sleeper. (CANADA SOUTHERN)
  • REX 6859 - (ex-USA) express reefer rblt. from troop sleeper. (CANADA SOUTHERN)
  • SLSF 450 - (nee-USA 9826) express boxcar rblt. from troop sleeper. (M. CONDREN)
  • SLSF 450 - (FRISCO RR LIBRARY)
  • SLSF 450 - (FRISCO RR LIBRARY)
  • SLSF 451 - (nee-USA) express boxcar rblt. from troop sleeper. (FRISCO RR LIBRARY)
  • SLSF 455 - (nee-USA) express boxcar rblt. from troop sleeper. (FRISCO RR LIBRARY)
  • SLSF 462 - (ex-USA 9914) express boxcar rblt. from troop sleeper. (M. CONDREN)
  • SLSF 462 - (M. CONDREN)
  • SLSF 109149 - (ex-USA) express boxcar with boxcar doors rblt. from troop sleeper, in MofW service. (M. CONDREN)
  • SLSF 109155 - (ex-USA) express boxcar with boxcar doors boxcar rblt. from troop sleeper, in MofW service. (FRISCO RR LIBRARY)
  • SLSF 109159 - (ex-450-series, nee-USA) express boxcar with boxcar doors boxcar rblt. from troop sleeper, marked for scrapping "X999." (M. CONDREN)