The car is actually a business car, built for the Green Bay & Western in 1972. When CN took over the WC/AC, they removed the WC logo. I still find it amazing that the railroad still retains it's AC heritage, considering that it's been through two owners since the AC's demise.
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Their website claims it was a GB&W caboose. No mention of "business car" anywhere. Having said that, it does seem a lot longer than your normal caboose. Although there is no essence of "business" at all about it (put it this way, I can't see my own supreme boss Jeff Immelt - or Jack Welch at the time - ever being entertained in it), it does seem as if it could have been an office car or something of the sorts. It is equipped with air whistles at each end, along with conductor's desks complete with radio (handset) brackets. Okay, I'm now curious, and if anyone can expand on it's history I'd most appreciate it.
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This car is former GBW business car No. 1776. It was built in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 1971. Crews from a local steel contractor spliced two caboose shells on top of a 50' ex-MILW boxcar frame. The Norwood shop forces of the GBW completed the job by outfitting the car.
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