What strange and unique passenger cars you have seen on railroads?
Presenting the Comboose! (see links for Pictures)
Nope that is not a typo, Combooses were a special breed of repurposed passenger cars for the Northern Alberta Railway with the addition of 'bay windows' on the sides. These would be frequently seen on mixed freight trains (in conjunction with a baggage car) giving place for crew quarters, passengers, and more!
An excerpt from the Alberta Railway Museum:
“The coach-caboose, a combined caboose and passenger car, found a place on the NAR in the late 1930s. Initially it was used for crews who went out on a freight and returned on a passenger train or vice versa. On the passenger train it replaced the need for a standard caboose.”
“The coach-caboose, sometimes called a ‘comboose’, provided living quarters for the train crew while they were away from their home terminal. It would be taken out of the train’s consist at the end of its crew’s trip and parked in the yard where the crew ate and slept until the arrival of their return assignment.”
http://www.railpictures.ca/upl...t-job-north-of-edmon
https://www.trains.com/ctr/rai...ain-of-the-prairies/
Were there any other railways that used these? Or only a western Canadian quirk?
