Help Identifying Two Passenger Cars

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The medical examiners cars were used to double check that employees were 
fit for duty in the operations department. It was not unknown that a 
friendly local doctor would fudge the results of an exam to keep a man 
in service.  The RR's had these cars to protect themselves from the 
results of unfit employees failing in service.

     WJPowers

On 9/2/2020 12:01 AM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List wrote:
> The Medical Examiners Car was used to travel around the system giving 
> physicals and eye exams and such to employees.
>
> Roger Huber
> Deer Creek Locomotive Works
>
>
> On Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 10:56:49 PM CDT, NW Mailing List via 
> NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>
> I'm attaching a photo of three N&W passenger cars that is up for bids 
> on E-bay.  I could use some help identifying the purpose of one of the 
> cars.
>
> Moving from left to right, the car on the far left appears to be one 
> of the three S-2 "County Cars."  But the name cannot be seen clearly.
>
> The middle car is numbered 1203 and looks to be a former Wabash 
> baggage/mail car.  According to the roster it was formally Wabash #453 
> and was repainted to N&W at Decatur on 3/9/65.
>
> The heavyweight car with the clerestory roof on the far right is a 
> mystery to me.  It appears to be numbered 403 and the partial 
> lettering stenciled on the side reads "MEDICA...."
>
> According to the roster, car #403 was classed XO and was "Medical 
> Examiners Car" that was built from Pg Coach #1602 in 1957.
>
> My question is, what in the world is a Medical Examiners Car and what 
> was its purpose on the railroad.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill King
> Arlington, Virginia
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