Illinois Central Magazine Loading Baggage Car #777
IC index
Specifications
IC Class P773
773-780
Car Numbers
1924
Date Built
2710
Builder's Lot
Std. Steel Car Co.
Builder
124,500
Weight
Steel
Finish Inside
73 ft. 5.5 in.
Length over couplers
52 ft. 9 in.
Wheelbase
Electric
Lights
Car 777 (IC men must have called it lucky, eh?) , was used for magazine loading, and is seen here on the Barstow, California depot house track in June, 1967. Wx4 speculates that it is waiting to be picked up by the Grand Canyon to head back to the Midwest for another load of Sordid Railroad Stories Illustrated.

Click on the picture for a Wx4 HumongOphoto™. The stats came from page 40 of Illinois Central, Monarchs of Mid - America, by David Randall and Alan A. Lind; Prototype Publications, 1973; L.C card # 73-76412.