This is all I could find. They are a few years early but perhaps many of the cars were the same 20 years or so later.
And if you really want to dig into the individual cars, you can dig through this like I did. http://www.illinois-central.net/RollingStock/IC 6-1952 PASS CAR DGMS.pdf
By the way, if you have not actually heard the song... here it is. Arlo Guthrie took this version to #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972. My dad had the 45. For those of you who are on Facebook (yes, I know...) and like "Lost Pop Hits" from any decade you like, there's a great 'no drama' group I'm in-- we just have a lot of fun sharing songs that aren't regularly heard on the radio any more. The group is called "Lost Pop Hits M.I.A." and it's easy to find.
Tad... thanks for that link. Page 38 shows 33 PS lightweight cars which appear to have been acquired in 1952. There were likely several other PS car acquired after that. I have several of those sleepers and the obs/lounge. They were offered by Centralia Car Shop and Intermountain Railway Co. https://www.intermountain-railway.com/newsncomingsoon.html Aside from the Kato 'named' train sets... I probably have a complete or 'near complete' IC streamliner. Probably a mix of equipment used on the Panama Ltd, City of Miami and City of New Orleans. They could have been assigned to any of those trains based on availability. Of those listed I have: 6-6-4 sleeper... Magnolia State, Pelican State, Land O' Strawberries and Banana Road. 18 rm sleeper... City of Jackson 2-1-1 obs/sleeper... Gulfport 4-4-2 sleeper... Chicagoland and St. Louisian 10-6 sleeper... Centralia I have others not listed in the 33 on the list. Perhaps not Pullman Standard (PS) models??? Diner... Vieux Carre 10-6 sleeper... Decatur, Dyersberg and Durant Baggage... #1804 & 1805 I only have Micro-trains heavyweight coaches from their 5 car runner pack#1. They are releasing another 5 car runner pack#2 this summer. Perhaps Lowell Smith will do some lightweight coaches. Wheels of Time did several heavyweight baggage/mail/ and magazine cars with Harriman roof. There has been a lot of Illinois Central passenger equipment released over the past 15 years.
You’re welcome, sir. The Passenger Car Diagram book that I posted the link to is valid for cars on the Illinois Central through June 19, 1952. The Illinois Central definitely acquired more passenger cars after that. I wish that I had a copy of a later document showing the cars acquired after 1952. If someone has a link to a later version, it would be cool if they posted that. Another good source to look up information on specific Illinois Central passenger cars is at: http://www.icrr.net/passenger.htm Because David asked specifically about “The City of New Orleans,” I didn’t go into the sleepers in my previous posts: https://www.trainboard.com/highball...ity-of-new-orleans-train.137779/#post-1180902 https://www.trainboard.com/highball...ity-of-new-orleans-train.137779/#post-1180905 You’re absolutely correct about the Intermountain/Centralia sleepers. Thanks for posting the link to those. Since the primary Illinois Central train that I am attempting to model is train # 3/4, “The Louisiane,” and it had a mix of coaches and sleepers, I have a few sleepers, too. The Kato PS-1 6-6-4s from the sets. The Centralia Car Shops PS-14 City of Jackson 18 Roomette, CCS6883-01, because later the 18 Roomette cars were specifically assigned to “The Louisiane.” https://www.intermountain-railway.com/distrib/ccs/html/ccs6883.htm I also have the Centralia Car Shops PS-45 Grenada 4-4-2, CCS6805-07, and the 4-4-2 Harvey, CCS6805-08. https://www.intermountain-railway.com/distrib/ccs/html/ccs6805.htm I haven’t found the IC PS designation for the Harvey. Both of these cars were built to Pullman Plan 4069E in October 1940 for the New York Central. The Grenada was originally the Imperial Crown, NYC 10015, and was acquired by the IC in October 1958. The Harvey was originally the Imperial Fleet, NYC 10012, and was acquired by the IC in July 1962. I don’t have any of the other Intermountain cars. I did pre-order the Railsmith Illinois Central Sleeper Pair which is supposed to include the PS-30 Clarksdale 10-6 and the PS-33 Calvert 10-6. https://lowellsmith.net/product/railsmith-illinois-central-sleeper-pair/ Both of these cars were built to Pullman Plan 4167 in July 1950 for the C&O and were sold to the IC in October and November of 1950. I plan on ordering some of the Railsmith coaches when they become available. I have pre-ordered the second Micro-Trains Illinois Central Five Pack. https://www.micro-trains.com/index.php?route=product/product&search=illinois+central&product_id=3894 According to the posted artwork that Five Pack should contain the PS-68 Lake Hiawatha10-1-2 sleeper, the PS-69 Lake Quinalt 10-1-2 sleeper, Coach 2517, Diner 3974, and, I think, 797 Heavyweight Baggage Express car.
There’s a place online that says they have two of the Micro-Trains 1st Illinois Central Five Packs for $120 if anyone is looking for them.
Not neccessarily recommending the brand, but here's a chart of the consist. Illinois Central – Lowell Smith Signature Series As already noted the cars have been made by ConCor, Kato, IM/Centralia, Railsmaith, and probably a few others I'm forgetting. A big problem (potentially) is they all went shopping in different paint departments, and none of them match. So unless you like that look , you should pick one brand and stick to it. IM has a lot of the cars you need, but they are all singles and mostly out of production.........but so are the Kato sets, but at least with the Katos you can get everything but the Bag/dorm car in 2 purchases. ConCor also has pretty much all the cars, and they can be bought in sets, but they are a very old design and most likely will come with Rapido couplers.
I picked up the available cars from Lowell Smith The search goes on. I have the Arlo Guthrie version of The City of New Orleans on a micro usb that will fit in a baggage car with the speaker and use track power to power the amplifier etc. I may have to get a Kato baggage car repainted but at least it will have access to power easily.
Just got a few of the Concor baggage cars, they do not have Rapido couplers. As for the paint variations, after a little weathering I hope will make them look better.
Got an Extra set of NYC E-7's to repaint in City colors, I have an extra Kato 8 B unit that will suffice for the ABA consist
