EL 3
AAR Classification
Misc Cars
Company service car, including office cars, instruction cars, display cars, etc.
Manufacturer & Build Information
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Office car special
Office car special
Dave of the DL files (http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=8272) poses on the back platform of EL business car #3. This car was originally ordered by the Nickel Plate in 1923 as NKP Business Car #27 (Pullman Lot 4668, Plan 3399). It was renumbered to NKP Business Car #2 in 1929. That same year, the car went to the Erie Railroad as Erie #3. The car contains two staterooms, two bedrooms, crew quarters, galley, dining room, and observation end. It became EL #3 after the merger, and is now at Steamtown in Scranton PA where it has been restored in Erie colors. Date of photo approximate.
EL business car #3 at Steamtown USA, Bellows Falls, VT
Among the other runbys done for the 1982 Railfan Weekend was this one with a VTR RS 3 and EL business car 3. Note the "Phoebe Snow" drumhead.
Milwaukee Road 261's baggage car and aux. tender in the background
