ICG 6

Illinois Central Gulf office car 6 was on the rear of Amtrak train No. 58 – the northbound <I>PANAMA LIMITED</I> - at Amite, Louisiana; behind a former Seaboard Coast Line round-end observation car. (approximate date of photo)

Illinois Central Gulf office car No. 6 was bringing up the rear of Amtrak's northbound <I>PANAMA LIMITED</i> at Carrollton Junction in New Orleans. The train had just began operating with Amfleet cars, and today the little 1300-series <I>Ambag</I> was placed behind the coaches instead of at the front of the train so it could act as a buffer with the office car. The old type diaphragm on ICG 6 could damage the lightweight diaphragms on the Amfleet cars; but the little baggage cars didn't have any diaphragms and could be coupled to anything. The office car had been built by American Car & Foundry in 1915 as IC 16.