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As the saying goes… ‘If I had a nickel for every night I spent in a boarding car, I’d be rich’. C&O X 40 brings back a lot of memories of my early years at CN living in old outside braced wood boxcars and converted passenger cars while working on extra gangs and other Engineering department maintenance crews in the late 1960′s and early 70′s. Camp cars as they were referred to in the US were known as boarding cars here in Canada. A BK&D car (bunk, kitchen & diner) offered accommodation for a single or multi-person crew, providing the self-described amenities along with a shower and sometimes a toilet. The propane cylinder visible through the wire mesh door is likely for the kitchen stove and hot water heater.
Thanks, Paul. That about says what we need to know. Appreciate the input.
It’s not a troop transport car. Looks like an old outside-braced wood boxcar with steel sides added on the braces. You can see the braces along the frame. Lots of neat details!
I concur Rob, not an ex troop sleeper !
The whole car looks to be well cared for, the wood running board appears to be still intact and beauty upright brake wheel too.
Is this the car that’s now the visitors’ centre at the entrance to Ridgetown?