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Re:Re: (erielack) Binghamton mystery

The point of the rider car was to provide the tailend crew with heat and comfort at the end of a passenger train in which not all cars could be counted on to carry steam heat -- hence the stove; hence the stove pipe.

Randy Brown
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In a message dated 6/25/2009 5:10:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,   gobills_@_ncweb.com writes:

Why  couldn't it be the westbound Owl, #15 enroute to 
Buffalo?  Traffic  was minimal so why not a rider coach? 


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Rider cars were not used for passengers.  They were usually assigned  to  Trains #3 and #4.
 
SMT

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