Business Car Snippets

Business Car Assignments 1910 record from Santa Fe files GENERAL OFFICER CARS
Initial	Number		Builder	Year Blt	Lgth	Heat	Lt	Beds		Lt Wt	Plan	Remarks
	Old	New						dble	sngl
AT&SF	220	1	Pullman	1893	69'6"	Frum	G/E	2	6	125720	23-C-181
AT&SF	221	2	Pullman	1893	65'0"	Frum	G/E	3	9	121300	23-C-44
AT&SF	222	3	B&S	1890	65'0"	Bkr	G/E	4	5	131460	23-C-101
AT&SF	219	4	B&S	1890	69'6"	Frum	G/E	2	8	132060	23-C-81
AT&SF	223	5	AT&SF	1891	65'0"	Bkr	G/E	2	5	118200	23-C-81
AT&SF	218	6	AT&SF	1887	60'0"	Bkr	G/E	2	8	112140	23-C-113
AT&SF	216	7	AT&SF	1882	56'10"	Bkr	G/E	2	6	95840	23-C-139
AT&SF	215	8	AT&SF	1887	60'0"	Bkr	O/E	2	8	95300	23-C-140
AT&SF	99	9	H&H	1882	51'1"+	Bkr	O/E	2	7	101420	23-C-148
AT&SF	100	10	A&P	1883	48'	Bkr	O/E	2	6	101600	23-C -
GC&SF	13	11	B&S	1883	52'	Bkr	O/E	2	7	99500	23-C-147
GC&SF	217	12	-	1886	65'	Bkr	G/E	2	8	119300	23-C-25
GC&SF	1406	13	AT&SF	1909	65'	Frum	G/E	-	-	133060	23-C-231	cnvt Top 9/09
SFP&P	98	14	-	-	60'	Bkr	O/E	2	6	100000	23-C-122
??NM	-	15	-	-	62'	Bkr	G/O	-	-	-	-
AT&SF	2697	16	-	-	56'	Frum	G/E	1	7	116700	23-C-126
AT&SF	-	17	Pullman	1907	72'	Frum	G/E	1	8	155220	23-C-164
AT&SF	1404	18	B&S	1890	65'	Frum	G/E	2	8	125280	23-C-169
AT&SF	PV15	19	-	-	50'	Bkr	O/E	2	8	101820	23-C-186	cnvt Top 2/08
AT&SF	-	25	Pullman	1907	72'	Frum	G/E	-	-	144180	-	Mr. Cheney's car
AT&SF	-	17	Pullman	1907	72'	Frum	G/E	1	8	155220	23-C-164
SUPERINTENDENT BUSINESS CARS
Initial	Number		Builder	Year Blt	Lgth	Heat	Lt	Beds		Lt Wt	Plan	Remarks
	Old	New						dble	sngl
AT&SF	213	400	AT&SF	1887	45'11"+	Bkr	O	3	6	77500	-
AT&SF	105	401	Wells & French	1881	30'	Bkr	O	-	-	46000	-
AT&SF	209	402	CB&Q	1870	43'1+"	Bkr	G/O	2	5	45340	23-E-167
AT&SF	211	403	CB&Q	1871	45'1"	Bkr	G/O	2	4	66000	23-C-52
AT&SF	9	404	Quedley Car Co.	1872	36'9"	Bkr	G/O	-	-	58600	-
AT&SF	386	405	AT&SF	-	33'4"+	Bkr	G/O	2	4	55640	23-E-196
AT&SF	2582	406	Carter Bros.	1882	40'9"+	Bkr	G/O	2	3	556200	23-E-182
AT&SF	210	407	CB&Q	1870	44'	Bkr	G/O	2	5	60520	23-E-157	"ex-420"?
AT&SF	2504	408	Barney & Smith	1871	44'	Bkr	G/O	2	5	69240	23-E-160
AT&SF	325	409	AT&SF	1892	34'	Bkr	O	-	-	50100	-
AT&SF	212	410	AT&SF	1880	41'	Bkr	G/O	4	6	64260	23-E-188
AT&SF	96	411	AT&SF	1881	42'	Bkr	G/O	2	5	64400	-
AT&SF	95	412	AT&SF	1897	42'	Bkr	O	2	5	54400	-
AT&SF	94	413	Carter Bros.	1902	41'	Bkr	O	2	4	70700	-
AT&SF	97	414	Sou Calif Ry	1898	41'	Bkr	O	2	2	64400	-
GC&SF	105	415	-	-	45'	Bkr	O	2	4	-	-
GC&SF	104	416	-	-	40'	Bkr	O	1	5	-	-
GC&SF	88?	417	AT&SF	1880	46'	Bkr	O	-	-	-	-
GC&SF	103	418	-	-	45'	Bkr	O	2	6	85700	23-E-129
AT&SF	-	419*	-	1898	50'+	Bkr	O	-	-	77320	-
* = "BRECKENRIDGE", + = 6 wheel trucks
GC&SF	2583	420	-	-	40'	Bkr	O	-	-	56600	-

Assignments Santa Fe Business and/or Special Purpose Cars as of 1/ 1/60:
Car No.	Assigned	Title	Assigned (home)	AC Type
Atchison				H
Topeka				TM
Santa Fe				TM
4	J.A. Parkinson	Gen'l Sup't Comm & Signals	Chicago	W
9	O.R. Hammit	Sup't Alb Div	Winslow	WT
10	unassigned
17	T.J. Anderson	Ass't Gen'l Mgr	Amarillo	W
20	unassigned
22	J.E. Lester	Ass't Gen'l Mgr	Topeka	W
30	R.H. Beeder	Chief Eng'r System	Chicago	W
31	T.T. Blickle	Gen'l Mgr Mech'l Dept	Chicago	W
32	W.L. More	Vice Pres	Chicago	W
33	J.H. Blake	Ass't Gen'l Mgr	Los Angeles	W
34	J.B. Noe	Ass't Gen'l Mgr	Topeka	W
35	R.G. Buchanan	Gen'l Mgr	Amarillo	W
36	O.H. Osborn	Vice Pres & Gen'l Mgr	Galveston	W
37	L.M. Olson	Gen'l Mgr	Topeka	W
38	J.N. Landreth	Gen'l Mgr	Los Angeles	W
39	C.R. Tucker	Vice Pres Operations	Chicago	W
40	R.G. Ryden	Vice Pres	Chicago	C
401	T.W. Goolsby	Sup't Plains Div	Amarillo	WT
402	S. Rogers	Sup't Valley Div	Fresno	D
403	E.E. Baker	Sup't Southern Div	Temple	WT
404	H.D. Fish	Sup't Eastern Div	Emporia	-
405	C.B. Kurtz	Sup't New Mexico Div'n	Las Vegas	WT
406	A.K. Johnson	Sup't Los Angeles Div'n	S Brdno	D
407	K.C. May	Sup't Slaton Div'n	Slaton	D
408	W.A.J. Carter	Sup't Pecos Div'n	Clovis	D
409	H.J. Briscoe	Sup't Panhandle Div'n	Wellington	WT
423	R.G. Alexander	Sup't Colo Div'n	Pueblo	D
424	J.P. Spears	Sup't Middle Div'n	Newton	D
426	R.J. Yost	Sup't Illinois Div'n	Shopton	WT
428	O.D. Crill	Sup't Northern Div'n	Ft Worth	WT

C = Carrier System; D - Desert Cooler; H = Frigidaire; W = Waukesha; WT = Window type; TM = Trane-Electrical-Mech'l
OPERATING DEPT
TOPEKA, KS.
Feb. 8, 1960

SPARKS (Topeka Chapter NRHS) 2/ /1966:

January 28th saw Sup't. Business car #405 emerge from Topeka Shop painted silver and shadow-lined as the longer business cars have been finished for some years. #405 is assigned to La Junta for Sup't. of Colorado Div'n. It was thought this might be the first Supt's car to receive the shadow-line silver paint scheme. However, on checking it was learned that the Valley Div'n. Sup't. Roger's #402 assigned to Fresno, California, received this treatment earlier. Middle Div'n. Sup't car #424, assigned to Newton, is scheduled into Topeka for a new range and other work, speculation is, it too, will be shadow lined.

TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL 10/10/1906:

Gen'l. Sup't. Parker of the Western Grand Div'n. with headquarters in La Junta, arrived in the city this morning in his private car #8.

TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL 10/12/1906:

Gen'l. Sup't. F. C. Fox of the Eastern Grand Div'n. left this morning in car #7 attached to engine 04 for St. Joseph.

TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL 10/23/1906:

Business car #1, containing some of the directors of the Santa Fe System is expected to arrive in Topeka Thursday.

TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL:

Business car #9 was in Topeka last night; this is the car of Mr. W.D. Hodges, Purchasing Agent of the Santa Fe.

TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL 10/25/1906:

A special train arrived in Topeka this morning from Chicago. The train carried some of the officers and directors who will attend the annual directors meeting here this weekend. Cars were #2 containing president E.P. Ripley; Car #1 containing the Chicago members of the Board of Directors; Car #4 the private car of vice-president Kendrick; Car #6, the private car of Hurley, General Manager.

TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL 10/29/1906:

Alfred Lovell, Sup't. of Motive Power, with headquarters in Chicago, was through Topeka this morning in his private car #16, left for Los Angeles where he will be for a few days.

TOPEKA JOURNAL 5/13/1907:

Business car #8, which has been constructed in the local shops for General Superintendent J.E. Hurley will be completed this week, ready for use. A special train which ran as a second section of Train #3, went west to the Belen cut-off this morning, carrying private cars (numbers not reported - Ellington note) of J.W. Hendricks; J.E. Hurley; and F.C. Fox General Superintendent, pulled by (4-4-2 - Ellington note) engine 1552.

TOPEKA JOURNAL 10/8/1907

B.P. Cheney of Boston, Massachusetts, one of the directors of the Santa Fe, passed through Topeka yesterday en route to California in his business car #25.

TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL 10/06/1906

The private car #407 of J.L. Barnes, Superintendent of the Southern Kansas Division of the Santa Fe system, was given a three month overhauling and sent back home, resplendent inside and out with paint and varnish. Among improvements is installation of Pintsch gas for artificial light. The reception room remains in the front end as before. The seats and furniture have been freshly upholstered. A passageway runs along the side of the car from front to rear, leading to the sleeping rooms, dining room and kitchen.Two sleeping rooms are between the Superintendent's office and the dining room, and in the back of the car are the cook's quarters, fairly large cooking and sleeping rooms. The kitchen is equipped with a complete outfit of culinary utensils, including a large, 6-lid range. Included in the dining room is a silver set furnished by the company.

TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL 10/11/1906: Private car 407 is in the yards. The car is used by Div'n. Sup't. J. L. Barnes of the Southern Kansas, with headquarters at Chanute. Mr. Barnes is in the city attending a meeting of officials who are considering changes in the time card of the Santa Fe.

Topeka JOURNAL 5/12/1900:

#216---yesterday has been turned from shops entirely remodeled. It is 62' long, and is painted the color recently adopted by the road for all its passenger cars, the Pullman brown, lettering in gold leaf. A new idea has been introduced in the building of this car. The dining room has been placed in the center of the car instead of at the end as heretofore.The two staterooms were torn down and moved farther to the rear to give the necessary space for the dining room.The wood work of the car was put in new. An olive color forms the background for the ceiling which is ornamented with pretty designs and gold leaf. The car contains eight berths. Each stateroom has a marble water basin connected with a tank so as to have hot and cold water connections at all times. The car is fitted with all the latest modern machinery for registering speed, gauging the air, etc. The Santa Fe has the reputation of running the best private cars for railroad officials of any road in existence. #216 is undoubtedly the best car now owned by the Santa Fe.

Topeka JOURNAL 5/17/1900:

Mr. Mudge's private car #216 is presently being fitted with electric wires and apparatus for the lighting of it.

TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL 2/04/1953:

New air brake instruction car 5005 roof painted aluminum.

TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL 10/25/1906:

A special train arrived in Topeka this morning from Chicago carrying some of the officers and directors who will atttend thte annual meeting of the directors this week in Topeka. Private car #2, containing President E.P. Ripley; Car #1, containing the Chicago members of the Board of Directors; Car #4, the private car of Vice President Kendrick; and Car #6 with Mr. Hurley, General Manager, comprised the special.

TOPEKA JOURNAL 3/23/1903:

A special train carrying General Manager H.U. Mudge passed through from Chicago to Denver, and while in Topeka, engine 04, which had been pulling the train over the Chicago division, was sent to the roundhouse and substituted with engine 1146. A telephone in Mr. Mudge's car allows him to call the engineer and regulate speed of the train. It is said that these phones will be installed on the "CALiFORNIA LIMITED".

TOPEKA JOURNAL 8/13/1903:

H.A. Tice, Superintendent of the Southern Kansas Division private car arrived from Arkansas City and now released from Topeka shops. It came in as #9, and is now #404. All numbers on special cars, whole system are changed so that general officers have one series and division superintendents have another series.