Friday, October 25, 2019

The Blog of the Private Rail Car "Black Hawk"

by William F. Howes, Jr.






Black Hawk 92 in Lincoln, Neb. October 21, 1956



Black Hawk exterior as built

Blackhawk being iced on B&O Train #8 at Cumberland, Maryland on July 25, 1966




On B&O #8 at P&LE Station, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 25 1966


































Interior Rear, a car is coupled on behind



Dining Room, 1966


On B&O Race Train, Del Park, Wilmington, Del. on June 3, 1967



1975, on the rear of a C&O freight train was taken in Potomac Yard.


Below are two photos of the car taken in Camden Station, Baltimore, MD on January 19, 1969 by Marty Bernard.







































Below is a picture of Bill on the Black Hawk probably Spring 1971 from Dale Rockwell.












1 comment:

  1. Remember seeing it come through Pensacola, FL headed to Vegas. Wish I remembered the date. I was the Locomotive Engineer on a yard job that morning. Remember Bob Snow, I seem to recall he also had Rosie O'Gradys in Pensacola

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