The Cannonball

Sat Apr 23 08:32:31 EDT 2005

Coach 1705 was repainted tuscan.  As far as I know, that was the only coach
so painted.  The others were painted blue when the entire passenger paint
plan was changed.  That blue was darker than the NKP.  On at least one
occasion, one of them was used as an overflow on Train 3 1965 Thanksgiving
Sunday.  Also, if memory serves, and that's questionable, sleeper City of
Kokomo was also repainted tuscan.  I only saw it in Roanoke once.  They were
disposed soon after the demise of NKP passenger trains.
Don Corbin
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Subject: Re: The Cannonball


> The Walthers car with the blue letterboard is a model of an ex-NKP car. At
> least one of them got repainted with a tuscan red letterboard before N&W
> went to blue. They ran briefly on the ex-NKP trains after the 1964 merger.
> After they were discontinued, they ran on ex-Wabash trains. And, yes, they
> were in this color scheme when sold to Amtrak.   Jim Nichols
>
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:
>
> >From: JERSYSTMRR at aol.com  Add to Address Book
> >Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 18:20:20 EDT
> >Subject: Cannonball ?????
> >To: f_scheer at yahoo.com
> >
> >Mr. Scheer :Can you give me any information on the
> >former PRR-N&W-RF&P-ACL run through train to
> >Norfolk(?) VA.  There is almost nothing in print about
> >it
> >from the east coast rr's books.   Also, were the
> >tuscan cars on PRR the same shade as those on the N&W,
> >and likewise the RF&P ?
> >
> >I bought a Walthers HO scale N&W PS 52 seat coach
> >model. All the photos of N&W cars I have seen were in
> >tuscan.  Where did this Blue letterboard w/ gold
> >lettering car and it's sisters operate,and were they
> >painted in that color scheme when purchased by Amtrak
> >in 1971-2.
> >
> >Thank you for any information you may have.
> >Craig Harrison-NJ
> >
> >
> >April 22, 2005
> >
> >Good morning, Craig:
> >
> >Bill Griffin has written some books about the RF&P
> >that include some references to The Cannonball.  There
> >are also several other historians and modelers who are
> >can provide better information about the train consist
> >than me.  I'll pass this along and invite people to
> >write to you off-line at JERSYSTMRR at aol.com  If I see
> >any relevant postings, I'll likewise forward them to
> >you.
> >
> >There was a Railway Post Office (RPO) operated on this
> >train prior to the 1960s, which was furnished by the
> >N&W.  If you or others want more information about
> >this RPO route, I can scan a schedule table and send
> >it along.
> >
> >Best wishes,
> >
> >Frank
> >
> >Dr. Frank R. Scheer, Curator
> >Railway Mail Service Library, Inc.
> >f_scheer at yahoo.com
> >(202) 268-2121 - weekday office
> >(540) 837-9090 - weekend afternoons
> >in the former N&W station on VA rte 723
> >117 East Main Street
> >Boyce  VA  22620-9639
> >
> >Visit at http://www.railwaymailservicelibrary.org
> >
> >
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