Re: AMC / Train / railroad / autorack question - which roadname ?

["Christopher Ziemnowicz" <chrisz@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am late in responding to this topic, but I have one picture of tri-level rail cars being loaded up in Kenosha. No railroad name is visible - but there are many new Pacers and a two Matador sedans. The picture came from an AMC press release commemorating their 75th anniverary - counting the start of the Rambler production.
The picture is part of some history during 1977 on a page about a new '77 Matador a family friend had ordered through Courtesy AMC/Jeep in Bethesda, Maryland.

http://faculty.concord.edu/chrisz/hobby/Courtesy/_77Matador.html

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Date: Friday, May 13, 2005 04:58 PM
From: Ray Mick <rmick@xxxxxxx>

My Dad delivered new AMC,s out of Kenosha in the 50-60s for Kenosha
Auto Transport. Then Moved to Colorado for Kenosha Auto Transport in
63. The cars were delivered to the rail head in Denver by Union Pacific
on tri level cars. The rail workers removed the  cars from the trains
and parked them in the yard. There the transport workers would get the
cars and load them up on the transports. As a 12-13 year old I would
help get the cars for my dad to load onto the truck. Got to drive a lot
of new AMCs 1/4 mile at a time. If you click on the link on the bottom
I have some pictures of my dads truck delivering new AMC,s See my
Javelin @
http://community.webshots.com/album/54361408pRyvWE
On Friday, May 13, 2005, at 06:33  AM, Jerry Casper wrote:

>   I am a fan of miniature model railroading as well as
> AMC cars, and have accumulated many of the toy Tyco
> Autoloader HO bi-level auto rack cars with '68 AMX's
> and '68 Camaro's on them. One question on full-scale
> operation, though, is which roadname(s) were used to
> haul American Motors cars from Kenosha cross-country?
> I have no idea which railroad operated mainly up in
> that area, or which several, and which autoracks would
> be prototypical, ie that were mainly used to transport
> the AMC cars to their destinations. If anyone can shed
> some light on this, I'd appreciate it.
>   I doubt tri-level auto racks were as common, but
> maybe they were used? Anyone with AMC / Railroad
> experience welcome to comment on this one for me! LOL.
> Here's several roadnames on some tri-level autoracks
> that are on sale, I am thinking of getting some C & O
> anyway for my area ( Virginia ), but wouldn't mind
> some from a Wisconsin operating area, either. Here's
> the list :
>
> HO B & O AUTORACK TRI LEVEL RTR
> HO NY CENTRAL AUTORACK TRI LEVEL RTR
> HO CANADIAN NATIONAL AUTORACK TRI LEVEL RTR
> HO CANADIAN PACIFIC AUTORACK TRI LEVEL RTR
> HO C&O AUTORACK TRI LEVEL RTR
> HO GM&O AUTORACK TRI LEVEL RTR
> HO WESTERN MARYLAND AUTORACK TRI LEVEL RTR
> HO CB&Q AUTORACK TRI LEVEL RTR
> HO NORTHERN PACIFC AUTORACK TRI LEVEL RTR
> HO GREAT NORTHERN AUTORACK TRI LEVEL RTR
> HO BURLINGTON NORTHERN N AUTORACK TRI LEVEL RTR
>
>   If any of these particular roadnames were used to
> haul AMC cars, I'd like to know about it, thanks.
>
> Jerry Casper
> Woodbridge, VA
> Hopes to model the Kenosha AMC autorack yard some
> day...( article was in a past Model Railroading
> magazine with pictures from the mid-'60's with old
> Ramblers...awesome! Showed the whole AMC train yard
> used to load up the autos...strange looking truck
> trailers, though, the "mobile parking lots", which
> rested at a slant when not attached to the
> tractor...would be interesting to model those.)