Description
The Half-Bay Window was a design championed by the New York Central and their successors and was adopted by a handful of other roads. When researching railroads, the "what" happened is often easy to find. The "why" it happened is more often then not an educated guess that is repeated until it becomes common wisdom. The guess for the existence of the Half-Bay Window design was to give the railroad the visibility of the bay window while still clearing low and tight obstructions such as through girder bridges and depot platforms.
In 1967, the Chicago & Eastern Illinois was split between the Louisville & Nashville and the Missouri Pacific. L&N took the eastern fork to Evansville, MoPac took the two western forks to Cairo and St. Louis and the northern end to Chicago was shared. The MoPac portion continued to operate under the Chicago & Eastern Illinois name for the next nine years but with a new logo based on the MoPac buzzsaw. This run represents two of C&EI’s International Car phase 2 bay window cabooses in this buzzsaw paint scheme.
