In the FEC yard directly west of Miami Airport, two heavyweight carbodies minus their trucks are sitting on flat cars in very rough condition. One is definitely an ex-ARMY hospital car, possibly a former ACL dormitory car. The other looks similar but seems not to have a baggage door. Any ideas? Thanks.

-- Bob Venditti (bobvend@bellsouth.net), September 19, 2004

Answers

Bob, could both of the cars that you saw be from the Gold Coast Railroad Museum? I had heard that the Museum was using space in the FEC Yard to undertake repair/restoration work on some of their recent acquisitions.

A contact with the Museum could confirm/rule out this possibility.

Best wishes!

Aaron Dowling

-- Aaron Dowling (adowling@merandb.com), September 20, 2004.