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Re:(erielack) Stillwell Car comment
The 1917 cars were not, strictly speaking, Stillwells. Theye were Erie's first steel thru-line cars -- five coaches (2200-2204) and a baggage (600). They featured a uni-body, minimal underframe design as advocated by L.B.Stillwell, but lacked the distinctive pressed-steel single-piece sidemember which gives true Stillwells their arched windows.
See The DIAMOND, vol.16, # 2, p. 32 ff.
Randy Brown
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Given the recent discussion of Stillwell cars in this list, I noted the following in The Prattsburgh (NY) News of April 5th, 1917--looks like the Erie was sending some press releases on its new equipment to small town newspapers on line (and, in Prattsburgh's case, on a feeder line).MJC
1917 Apr 5 Prattsburgh News p. 2 – The Erie
Railroad Company has received from the Pressed
Steel Car Company six additional coaches and one baggage car to be used in through passenger service
between New York and Chicago on two trains,
Nos. 3 and 4. The chief elements in the
development of these new coaches
are safety and comfort to passengers,
low cost of operation, maintenance
and moderate first cost. One of the
safety features of the car bodies is the Stillwell anti-telescoping bulkhead construction at the ends.
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