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IN 1914 AMERICAN CAR & FOUNDRY BUILT TWENTY SHORT STEEL
BAGGAGE CARS - CLASS B-40 - WHICH WERE LATER REFERRED TO AS

PING     BAGGAGE     CARS
















MB-45   NUMBER   1202   WITH   A   B-40   BAGG   CIRCA   1915


IN   THE   1920'S   AND   1930'S   REGULAR   BAGGAGE   TRAINS   WERE   RUN   TO   AND   FROM   MONTAUK


THIS   BAGGAGE   TRAIN   BEHIND   A   K4   INCLUDES   TWO   B-40   BAGGS



THE     FISH     TRAIN

1914   B-40   BAGGAGE   CARS   657   and   658   WERE   EQUIPPED   WITH
ICE   TRAYS   FOR   KEEPING   COLD   THE   FISH   THAT   WERE   CAUGHT.
THE   ARCH   BAR   TRUCKS   HAD   BEEN   REPLACED   WITH   STANDARD   P-54,   T-54   TRUCKS.






IN   THE   1930'S   RICHIE   HARRISON   PHOTOGRAPHED   THE   FISH   TRAIN   LEAVING   MONTAUK


CENTRAL   ISLIP   STATE   HOSPITAL   ENGINE   03   WITH   A   B-40   BAGG   AND   TRAIN   CREW:
GUS   NEWMAN,   ENGINEER;   FRANK   "DUSTY"   RHODES,   TRAINMAN;   BILL
BLAKE,   TRAINMAN;   WALTER   WEBB,   CONDUCTOR;   UNIDENTIFIED   FIREMAN.

THANKS   TO   DAVE   KELLER FOR   ANOTHER   GREAT   HISTORIC   PHOTO!



EVENTUALLY   THE   B-40S   BECAME   SNOW   FIGHTING   CHLORIDE   CARS


BILL RUGEN PHOTOGRAPHED THE 498844 IN HOLBAN YARD ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1936.
HE DESCRIBES THE CAR AS A THIRD RAIL SWEEPER, THE FORMER B-40 NUMBER 651


FROM DAVE KELLER THE 498846 AT EAST WILLISTON IN 1954










FORMER   FISH   TRAIN   B-40   NUMBER   658   BECAME   A   STORAGE   CAR   AND   WAS   PHOTOGRAPHED   IN   MORRIS   PARK   IN   OCTOBER   1951


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