Business Car or Officer Special trains in Tales of the Jointed Track
- Sept. 11, 2014, 10:03 a.m.
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Business car trains or “Officer Specials” are the railroads showcases. They are used to entertain new or existing customers, and potential new business for the railroad. The are also used on “Company” business when the CEO and is operating executives are riding the railroad, seeing the operation from the field. For me as an Engineer and as a former Company officer they were a pain in ass. I called them Dog and Pony shows, when I did Locomotive Utilization. Everybody is on pins and needles. The NOC (BNSF at Ft. Worth) and the SOC ( former Santa Fe) this was stressfull, for the Cheif Dispatchers, till it was off their watch. The division people, trainmasters, road foreman, superintendents, the section..signal..Pacing nervous what are seeing or looking to find a problem with. Just being a part of the crew, the Road Foreman is not making it easy, make sure you do this or do that, be gentle getting the dynamic in, don’t rough handle. Hey, let me run like I was taught and have done. Usually that Road Foreman was shitting his pants when I hired out. Go figure, and I don’t want to appear to be mean or condescending, because I have been on both ends of it.
The head end of the Officer Special a new and super clean C-44-AC
this is the rear end of the train
This is a close up of the “Theater Style seating. They can roll up the protective curtain and the guest of honor and executives can watch the scenery from a tiered style seating. The odd looking orange box is the ETD ( End of train Device )
a couple of video’s they are You Tubes and I take no credit for them
This is where the former Santa Fe and now BNSF house these cars. This is at the old car rebuilding shops. Their own private passenger train garage. At Topeka shops they also do major Class overhauls and rebuilding of locomotives
This is the passenger car roster below …
BNSF #1 BNA #1 1952 Budd Business Mississippi River CB&Q
BNSF #2 BNA #2 1958 Pullman Business Columbia River GN
BNSF #3 BNA #3 1930 Pullman Business Red River GN
BNSF #4 BNA #6 1955 Pullman Business Missouri River NP
BNSF #5 ATSF #52 1949 Pullman Business Atchison ATSF
BNSF #6 ATSF #51 1957 Budd Business Topeka ATSF
BNSF #7 ATSF #50 1957 Budd Business Santa Fe ATSF
BNSF #8 ATSF #53 1949 Pullman Business John S. Reed ATSF
BNSF #10 BNA #26 1958 Budd Diner Lake Superior NP
BNSF #11 ATSF #61 1950 Pullman Diner Fred Harvey ATSF
BNSF #28 BNA #10 1951 ACF Club / Lounge Mountain View GN
BNSF #29 ATSF #62 1947 Pullman Club / Lounge Valley View ATSF
BNSF #30 BNA #24 1955 Budd Full Dome / Theatre Lounge Glacier View GN
BNSF #31 ATSF #60 1954 Budd Full Dome / Lounge Bay View ATSF
BNSF #32 ATSF #89 1940 Pullman Theatre / Lounge Wlliam B. Strong ATSF
BNSF #40 BNA #31 1955 Pullman Bi-Level Coach / Lounge Fox River SP
BNSF #41 BNA #32 1955 Pullman Bi-Level Coach Flathead River SP
BNSF #42 BNA #33 1955 Pullman Bi-Level Coach Skagit River SP
BNSF #43 BNA #39 1955 Pullman Bi-Level Coach Rio Grande River SP
BNSF #44 BNA #40 1955 Pullman Bi-Level Coach Colorado River SP
BNSF #45 BNA #41 1955 Pullman Bi-Level Coach Powder River SP
BNSF #50 BNA #23 1950 Pullman Sleeper / Power Stampede Pass NP
BNSF #51 BNA #30 1964 Pullman Baggage / Power Snoqualmie Pass ATSF
BNSF #60 BNA #12 1929 Pullman Sleeper / Lounge Deschutes River GN
BNSF #64 ATSF #64 1950 ACF Sleeper Marias Pass ATSF
BNSF #65 ATSF #65 1950 ACF Sleeper Raton Pass ATSF
BNSF #66 ATSF #66 1950 ACF Sleeper Cajon Pass ATSF
BNSF #67 ATSF #67 1950 ACF Sleeper Donner Pass ATSF
BNSF #68 ATSF #68 1950 ACF Sleeper Rollins Pass ATSF
BNSF #69 BNA #22 1951 Pullman Crew Sleeper Stevens Pass GN
BNSF #77 ATSF #77 1962 Pullman Baggage Car No. 77 ATSF
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