VIRGINIA RAIL EXPRESS to WASHINGTON CENTRAL

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  VREX - Virginia Railway Express
  • VREX V101 - BBD Sounder bi-level cab car. (RAIL PICTURES)
  • VREX V103 - BBD Sounder bi-level cab car. (JEFF'S TRAIN SITE)
  • VREX V105 - BBD Sounder bi-level cab car. (JEFF'S TRAIN SITE)
  • VREX V217 - Mafersa coach. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V219 - Mafersa coach. (JEFF'S TRAIN SITE)
  • VREX V219 - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V221 - Mafersa coach. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V224 - Mafersa coach. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V226 - Mafersa coach. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V304 - BBD Sounder bi-level coach. (JEFF'S TRAIN SITE)
  • VREX V307 - BBD Sounder bi-level coach. (JEFF'S TRAIN SITE)
  • VREX V314 - BBD Sounder bi-level coach. (J. TURNER)
  • VREX V415 - ((ex-METX, nee-C&NW) gallery coach.  (History???) (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V423 - (ex-METX, nee-C&NW) gallery coach.  (History???) (JEFF'S TRAIN SITE)
  • VREX V424 - (ex-Metra 7662, nee-C&NW 29) gallery coach. (J. LUBCHANSKY)
  • VREX V425 - (ex-METX, nee-C&NW) gallery coach.  (History???) (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V427 - (ex-METX, nee-C&NW) gallery coach.  (History???) (JEFF'S TRAIN SITE)
  • VREX V429 - (ex-METX, nee-C&NW) gallery coach.  (History???) (RAIL PICTURES)
  • VREX V429 - (RAIL PICTURES)
  • VREX V434 - (ex-METX, nee-C&NW) gallery coach.  (History???) (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V435 - (ex-METX, nee-C&NW) gallery coach.  (History???) (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V436 - (ex-METX, nee-C&NW) gallery coach.  (History???) (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V439 - (ex-METX, nee-C&NW) gallery coach.  (History???) (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V446 - (ex-METX, nee-C&NW) gallery coach.  (History???) (JEFF'S TRAIN SITE)
  • VREX V447 - (ex-METX, nee-C&NW) gallery coach.  (History???) (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V449 - (ex-METX, nee-C&NW) gallery coach.  (History???) (RR - FALLEN FLAGS)
  • VREX V458 - (ex-METX, nee-C&NW) gallery coach.  (History???) (JEFF'S TRAIN SITE)
  • VREX bi-level cars - (ex-METX, nee-C&NW) (RAIL PICTURES)
  • VREX V460 - (ex-METX, nee-C&NW) gallery coach.  (History???) (JEFF'S TRAIN SITE)
  • VREX V460 - (ex-METX, nee-C&NW) gallery cab car, shown with V459. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V460 - (J. LUBCHANSKY)
  • VREX V604 - Kawasaki multi-level coach. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V606 - Kawasaki multi-level coach. (J. LUBCHANSKY)
  • VREX Kawasaki multi-level coach - (RAIL PICTURES)
  • VREX Kawasaki multi-level coaches - (RAIL PICTURES)
  • VREX V702 - Kawasaki multi-level cab car. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V702 - (KAWASAKI)
  • VREX V702 - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V702 - (J.H. GRAY)
  • VREX V702 - (JEFF'S TRAIN SITE)
  • VREX V703 - Kawasaki multi-level cab car. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V703 - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V703 - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V710 - Sumitomo bi-level cab car. (NEW ENGLAND RAIL)
  • VREX V710 - shown leading older ex-METX bi-level coaches. (RAIL PICTURES)
  • VREX V710 - (NEW ENGLAND RAIL)
  • VREX V711 - Sumitomo bi-level cab car. (NEW ENGLAND RAIL)
  • VREX V714 - Sumitomo bi-level cab car. (JEFF'S TRAIN SITE)
  • VREX V716 - Sumitomo bi-level cab car. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V719 - Sumitomo bi-level cab car. (J. LUBCHANSKY)
  • VREX V721 - (JEFF'S TRAIN SITE)
  • VREX V710 - (NORTH AMERICAN RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V722 - Sumitomo bi-level cab car. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V725 - Sumitomo bi-level cab car. (MILWAUKEE BEERNUT)
  • VREX V725 - shown with three other siblings at SuperSteel. (MILWAUKEE BEERNUT)
  • VREX V726 - Sumitomo bi-level cab car. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V728 - Sumitomo bi-level cab car. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V730 - Sumitomo bi-level cab car. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V808 - Sumitomo bi-level cab car. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V808 - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V809 - Sumitomo bi-level cab car. (RR - FALLEN FLAGS)
  • VREX V869 - Sumitomo bi-level cab car. (RR - FALLEN FLAGS)
  • VREX V872 - Sumitomo bi-level cab car. (D.B. DAVIES)
  • VREX Sumitomo bi-level cab car - leading ex-Metra coaches. (RAIL PICTURES)
  • VREX V902 - Mafersa cab car. (JEFF'S TRAIN SITE)
  • VREX V906 - Mafersa cab car, leading ex-Metra bi-level coaches. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V907 - Mafersa cab car. (NEW ENGLAND RAIL)
  • VREX V907 - Mafersa cab car. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V908 - Mafersa cab car. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V909 - Mafersa cab car. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX V909 - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • VREX Mafersa cab car detail - (RAIL PICTURES)
  • VREX MK Boise Budd coach - (ex-MBTA, nee-B&M) rblt. from Budd RDC1. (DAN'S DEPOT)

      VGN - Virginian
  • BUSINESS CARS
  • VGN 53 - HW baggage - mail. (NEW ENGLAND RAIL)
  • VGN 53 - HW "BM3" baggage - mail. (NORFOLK & WESTERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY)
  • VGN 53 - (NORFOLK & WESTERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY)
  • VGN 92 - wood blind-end baggage - express. (NORFOLK & WESTERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY)
  • VGN 92 - (NORFOLK & WESTERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY)
  • VGN 201 - HW coach. (NORFOLK & WESTERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY)
  • VGN 206 - (NORFOLK & WESTERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY)
  • VGN 208 - HW coach. (NORFOLK & WESTERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY)
  • VGN 208 - (NORFOLK & WESTERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY)
  • VGN 90284 - (ex-???) wood vestibuled business car, in MofW service.  (History???) (NORFOLK & WESTERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY)
  • VGN 90284 - (NORFOLK & WESTERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY)

      WAB - Wabash
    Also see Norfolk & Western.
  • BUSINESS CARS
  • DOODLEBUG MOTOR CARS
  • WAB City of Danville - (ex-PULL Diplomat) Mod. HW parlor - observation car, on display as the Pullman Diplomat. (J. UNDERWOOD)
  • WAB City of LaFayette - (ex-PULL Helena Modjestka) Mod. HW parlor observation, note the Pullman lettering. (WESTERN RAIL IMAGES)
  • WAB City of LaFayette - as N&W City of LaFayette. (J. APPLEMAN)
  • WAB City of LaFayette - shown as SBD 114 Blue Ridge. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB City of LaFayette - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB City of LaFayette - as faux "SEABOARD" Fernandina. (ABPR)
  • WAB City of LaFayette - as NOPB City of New Orleans. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB City of Peru - (ex-PULL Queen Ann) Mod HW parlor - DR. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB City of Peru - shown awaiting refirbishment by NOPB. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB City of Peru - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB City of Wabash - (ex-PULL Embassy) Mod. HW parlor observation. (WESTERN RAIL IMAGES)
  • WAB City of Wabash - as Keokuk Junction Chief Keokuck. (RR - FALLEN FLAGS)
  • WAB City of Wabash - (J. DOBEK)
  • WAB City of Wabash - (FLICKR)
  • WAB City of Wabash - as NOPB Louisiana. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB Embassy - HW Plan 3957B DR - parlor observation car, still in Pullman paint but likely in Wabash blue, per Pullman CCR. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB Emerald Vale - (ex-PULL, nee-Wetamoo) HW 8 Sect - 4 DBR rblt. from Plan 2585C 10 Sect - 1 DER - 2 Comp, as AA.  Car is reportedly to be restored to its Wabash appearance. (MICHIGAN RAILROADS)
  • WAB Emerald Vale - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB Emerald Vale - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB Wayfarer - (ex-PULL, nee-Wallingford) HW Plan 4075 parlor - lounge, originally Plan 3916 38-seat parlor, shown restored as Pullman Wallingford on the Valley Rwy. (NEW ENGLAND RAIL)
  • WAB Wayfarer - (NEW ENGLAND CUSTOM RAIL)
  • WAB 51 - Budd diner - lounge, as N&W. (NORTH EAST RAILS)
  • WAB 200 - Budd dome - coach (OTTO PERRY COLLECTION)
  • WAB 201 - Budd dome - coach, as N&W. (VIRGINIA TECHNICAL INSTITUTE)
  • WAB 201 - (RR - FALLEN FLAGS)
  • WAB 201 - (N&W MAILING LIST)
  • WAB 201 - Budd dome - coach, shown at Southeastern Rwy. Museum. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 202 - Budd dome - coach, in N&W. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 202 - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 202 - (ALCOMIKE43)
  • WAB 202 - Budd dome - coach, shown at Southeastern Rwy. Museum. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 203 - PS dome - coach, as N&W in UP paint. (VIRGINIA TECHNICAL INSTITUTE)
  • WAB 203 - as SOU. (J. OATES)
  • WAB 343 - wood mail. (NORTH EAST RAILS)
  • WAB 355 - HW baggage - express, as N&W. (RR - FALLEN FLAGS)
  • WAB 355 - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 358* - HW baggage - express, shown in use at summer camp. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 362 - HW baggage - express, shown in use at summer camp. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 368 - Mod. HW baggage - express. (CANADA SOUTHERN)
  • WAB HW baggage - express - (History?) (ABPR)
  • WAB 450 - HW baggage - mail, as OHCR 5012. (I. WAIT)
  • WAB 450 - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 454 - Mod. HW mail, as N&W. (NORFOLK & WESTERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY EMAIL LIST)
  • WAB 1231 - Mod. HW coach, as N&W. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 1234 - Mod. HW coach. (ABPR)
  • WAB 1238 - Mod. HW deluxe coach, shown in heavily weathered N&W paint at Monticello Railway Museum. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 1399 - Mod. HW coach, shown in LSRHS paint on the OC&T. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 1399 - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 1399 - in faux Wabash paint. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 1399 - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 1399 - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 1406 - HW coach. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 1420 - (nee-B&M 4802 Black Bird) PS LW coach - smoker lounge. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 1420 - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 1420 - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES) as RNRH 1827.
  • WAB 1420 - at Monticello Rwy. Museum. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 1424 - (ex-WAB 1424, nee-B&M 4807 Snowbird) PS 56-seat coach - smoker. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 1510 - Mod. HW buffet lounge, as N&W. (NORTH EAST RAILS)
  • WAB 1510 - (NORFOLK & WESTERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY)
  • WAB 1510 - (NORFOLK & WESTERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY)
  • WAB 1600 - ACF LW parlor observation. (ABPR)
  • WAB 1600 - shown at the Memphis Transportation Museum. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 1600 - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 1601 - Budd dome - parlor observation car. (ABPR)
  • WAB 1601 - (UPPER MIDWEST CYCLING)
  • WAB 1601 - (RR - FALLEN FLAGS)
  • WAB 1601 - (VA TECH)
  • WAB 1601 - (VA TECH)
  • WAB 1601 - shown as private owner Susacapejo, in use on Cotton Belt Historical Society excursion. (SKIP'S RR DEPOT)
  • WAB 1601 - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 1601 - Budd dome - parlor observation, shown at the Southeast RR Museum. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 1601 - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 1601 - (B. VOGEL)
  • WAB 1602 - PS dome - parlor. (RAILWAY CLASSICS)
  • WAB 1602 - in N&W paint with Central of Georgia lettering. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 1602 - shown as SOU 1602. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WAB 02551 - wood vestibuled baggage - coach, shown converted to MofW service. (CANADA SOUTHERN)

      WCLR - Waccamaw Coast Line
    Also see Carolina Southern and Clinton Terminal.
  • WCLR 1207 Waccamaw River - (ex-SOU) Mod. HW segregated coach. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WCLR 960602 - (ex-SOU HC52, exx-4315, nee-4108C) steam generator car rblt. from EMD FTB. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)

      Wadley & Mt. Vernon RR
  • Wadley & Mt. Vernon 106 - wood open-platform coach. (JACKSON & SHARP — DELAWARE HERITAGE COLLECTION)

      Wagner North Shore Sleeping Car
  • Wagner Oakland - wood open-platform sleeper. (JACKSON & SHARP — DELAWARE HERITAGE COLLECTION)

      WURR - Wallowa Union RR
  • WURR 1120 - (ex-NJT 5309, exx-CNJ 122, nee-GN 1120) PS 108-seat coach rblt. from 48-seat leg-rest coach. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WURR 2636 - (ex-???, nee-GN) LW 60-seat coach. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WURR 3241 - (nee-ATSF) Budd coach rblt. from coach observation. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WURR 3241 - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WURR 6741 - (ex-ARRM, nee-SP) LW Economy baggage car. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)

     DAWX - D.A. Walmsley and Company
  • BUDD CAR
  • DAWX 2 - HS LW business car, shown as DAWX. (M. CHOUINARD)
  • DAWX 1407 - (ex-ONT 904, exx-BCOL 155, exxx-WCRC, exxxx-NYC 412, nee-C&O 1980 Botsford Tavern) PS twin-unit diner table car. (ABPR)
  • DAWX 1407 - (A. WILLS)

      WKY&S - Wannamaker Kempton & Southern
  • RDG 408 - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • RDG 1474 - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • RDG 1494 - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)

      WCRC - Washington Central Spirit of Washington Dinner Train
  • WCRC 101 Olympic - Budd open-air coach, rblt. from???  (History???) (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WCRC 102 Columbia Winery - Budd dining car rblt. from lounge.  (History???) (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WCRC 103 Cascade - (ex-NJT, nee-ATSF) Budd coach.  (History???) (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WCRC 104 City of Seattle - (ex-I>Spirit of Washington, exx-PV, exxx-AMTK 9351, nee-AT&SF 501) PS Pleasure Dome lounge car. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WCRC 105 Chateau Ste. Michelle - (ex-CN 302, nee-RDG 5) Budd coach RE observation. (NEW ENGLAND RAIL)
  • WCRC 105 Chateau Ste. Michelle - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WCRC 106 Mount Rainier - (ex-800, exx-ATC 800, nee-UP 8000) ACF dome - diner. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WCRC 107 - (ex-WCRC, exx-AMTK, nee-NYC) LW power car rblt from baggage - express.  (History???) (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)
  • WCRC 108 City of Renton - (ex-59, exx-P&O Princess, exxx-TAIX - Tour Alaska 7093, exxxxx-PV, exxxxxx-AMTK 9383, nee-MILW 59) PS Super Dome lounge car. (NEW ENGLAND RAIL)
  • WCRC 108 City of Renton - (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES)

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