Passenger car roster of the Green Bay Route.

Passenger Cars

KGB 60 or 74

The revenue passenger equipment, plus caboose #603, were all painted green from at least the 1920's until the end of their use (ca. 1972); however, the passenger cars demoted to MofW equipment were painted either boxcar red (most) or bright red (X22, X50).

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	Marks	Numbers	Type	MCB Designation	Length	Built	Builder	Notes
01	GB&LP		coach			1871	Haskell & Barker Car Co.	The original passenger and freight equipment for the GB&LP consisted of 6 first-class passenger cars, 4 second-class passenger cars and 3 baggage-mail-express cars. Coaches were 'straw' colored. Some of this fleet was probably rebuilt into KGB&W passenger-baggage cars in 1890s.
02	W-GB		coach			1919		Acquired in 1919; likely a second-hand purchase. Still in use when the W-GB was purchased by the GB&W in 1922.
03	I&N	1	pass.-baggage	CA	40	1889.06	Ohio Falls Car Co.	Originally GB&M; to I&N in 1893. To GB&W in 1914 and used on Iola local trains until 1930s. Later used as a depot in New Franken.
04	W-GB	2	combination					From KGB&W in 1909. Became GB&W #24 when the W-GB was purchased by the GB&W in 1922. Retired in 1939.
05	GB&W	5, 6	coach			1896.07	Ohio Falls Car Co.	Delivered painted ruby red. Cost $3400 each.
06	GB&W	9to 12	mail	MA	33'-0"			Last cars retired 1929-30 when federal regulations required steel underframes for postal cars.
07	KGB&W	13	baggage
08	KGB&W	14	mail-baggage
09	GB&W	15to 19	baggage	BE	49'-0"			#15 rebuilt as mail-baggage by 1913.
10	GB&W	20, 21	mail-baggage		60'-0"	1908	F.M. Hicks	Rebuilt from GB&W 52-54 with Commonwealth steel underframes in 1929-30. #20 on display in Marion, Wis.; #21 to #X21 in 1945.02, was renamed "Winona" and was the "rumpus car" in the GBW's Miller's Specials in the 1950s and 1960s; donated to National Railroad Museum in Green Bay in 1963.07.
11	KGB&W	20, 22, 23	mail-baggage					#20, 23 off roster by 1912; #22 by 1917.
12	A&W	21						Later boarding car A&W B-173. Scrapped in 1935.
13	GB&W	22	mail-baggage		60'-0"	1904	F.M. Hicks	Rebuilt from GB&W 51 with Commonwealth steel underframe in 1929-30. Delco light plant (motor-driven generator) added to provide self-contained lights for the mail-baggage car and adjoining coach in 1937. Placed in non-revenue work train service in 1948, renumbered to X-22. Additional windows and removal of mail doors and partition. The X-22 was assigned to the GB&W's system paint gang. Donated by the GBW to the Wisconsin Historical Society in 1970 for display at Stonefield Village in Cassville, Wis.
14	GB&W	23	mail-baggage		60'-0"	1909.03	F.M. Hicks	See KGB&W #77.
15	GB&W	24	pass.-baggage					Retired by 1917 (perhaps sold to W-GB?)
16	GB&W	24	pass.-baggage					From Waupaca-Green Bay RR merger in 1922.
17	GB&W	25, 26	pass.-baggage	CA	51'-6"	1899.05	F.M. Hicks	Painted tuscan red when delivered.
18	GB&W	27	pass.-baggage	CA	57 ft ?	1903.10	F.M. Hicks
19	GB&W	30, 32	mail-baggage	MB				#32 was a originially coach.
20	GB&W	31to 35	coach	PN	44'-0"			#32 rebuilt as mail-baggage by 1917. #34 to MOW service as B174 by 1930s.
21	KGB&W	40, 41	coach		51'-6"	1891	Ohio Falls Car Co.	Six coaches total, KGB&W 40,41 and GB&W 42-45. Cost $3940 each. Painted tuscan red with gold lettering about 1900. Some survived into early 1930s as work equipment.
22	GB&W	42to 45	coach	PA	51'-6"	1891	Ohio Falls Car Co.	See KGB&W 40,41.
23	KGB&W	46, 47	coach	PN				Assigned to GB&W by 1913.
24	GB&W	50	pass.-baggage	CA	64'-8 1/2"		Central Car & Loco (Hicks)	Renumbered to X50 in 1943. Sold in 1968 or 1969 to Trans-Northern and moved to Houghton, Mich. Sold to Scott & Bearskin Lake tourist railroad and moved to Scott, Arkansas in the spring of 1973. Scrapped in 1970s in Kansas City, Mo.
25	GB&W	51	coach	PA	59'-0"	1904	F.M. Hicks	Built as first-class coach GBW #51 by Hicks. 4-wheel steel-plate wood frame trucks, steam heat, oil lamps of the 2-burner chandelier type. Rebuilt as mail-baggage with steel underframe and renumbered #22 in 1930.
26	GB&W	52to 54	coach	PA	59'-0"	1908	F.M. Hicks	Originally part of #52-54 coaches, at least three rebuilt/renumbered as #20-22 baggage/mail cars in 1929-30.
27	GB&W	55	business					Early business car, replaced by #99 in the early 1900s.
28	KGB&W	55, 57	coach		60 ft	1906-1911	F.M. Hicks
29	A&W	56	coach			1909.03.27	F.M. Hicks	Cost $5512.
30	GB&W	58	coach	PA	59'-0"	1906-1911	F.M. Hicks
31	KGB&W	60	pass.-baggage		64'-8 1/2"		Central Car & Loco (Hicks)	Renumbered to X60 in 1943. Sold in 1968 or 1969 to Trans-Northern and moved to Houghton, Mich. Sold to Scott & Bearskin Lake tourist railroad and moved to Scott, Arkansas in the spring of 1973. Scrapped in 1970s in Kansas City, Mo.
32	KGB&W	64	coach		60 ft			Originally #64, renumbered #109 in early 1940s. Converted to combination caboose-coach car in 1947. To Marquette & Huron Mountain RR #110 (ca. 1960?), now at Illinois Railway Museum.
33	KGB&W	74	pass.-baggage		64'-3"		F.M. Hicks
34	KGB&W	75	mail-baggage		60'-0"		F.M. Hicks	To X75 by 1950.
35	KGB&W	76	mail-baggage		60'-0"	1909.03	F.M. Hicks	See KGB&W #77.
36	KGB&W	77	coach		60'-0"	1909.03	F.M. Hicks	Originally #77, rebuilt as mail-baggage #23 with Commonwealth steel underframe in 1930, renumbered #76 at unknown date and then X76 in 1948. To Marquette & Huron Mountain RR in 1963. Now at Mid-Continent Railway Museum.
37	KGB&W	78	coach			1910	F.M. Hicks
38	A&W	84	coach					Car body is part of one wall of a structure at a quarry just northeast of Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
39	KGB&W	86	coach		59'-3"	1914.08?	Central Car & Loco (Hicks)	Railway Age Gazette lists 1 GB&W and 1 KGB&W car ordered from AC&F in 1915. Converted to combination caboose-coach car in 1947.
40	A&W	90	mail-baggage					Retired ca. 1938.
41	A&W	94	coach		60 ft	1893		To GBW 94 in 1906; rebuilt in 1916; to X94 1935.01; sold to A&W on 1947.05.31; retired 1950.03.31. Sold to a naval architect for use as an office and rested next to the siding in Sawyer until it was moved to Green Quarry north of Sawyer in 1974 where it still rests today without trucks, part of a pole-barn.
42	A&W	96	pass.-baggage					Retired ca. 1938.
43	GB&W	99	business	PC	48'-10"			Perhaps ex GBW&StP or CM&StP car, replacing #55 in the early 1900s. Originally painted tuscan red. Demoted to roadmaster's office car after #500 was acquired. Retired in 1943.
44	GB&W	106	coach		59'-5"	1914.07?	Central Car & Loco (Hicks)	Railway Age Gazette lists 1 GB&W and 1 KGB&W car ordered from AC&F in 1915. Ended service in 1970s as flatcar X106.
45	GB&W	107, 108	coach		59'-5"	1917, 1918	American Car & Foundry	Very similar to #86 & #106. #108 to X108 1941.03. #107 converted to combination caboose-coach car in 1947.
46	GB&W	109	caboose-coach		60			See KGB&W 64.
47	GB&W	500	business			1904	Pullman Palace Car Co., lot #3125	Ex- Western Union Telegraph Co. 'Morse'; cost was $10,200 after remodeling. Sold in 1945 to Iron & Steel Products Co., Chicago, Ill. Later sold to Royal American Shows.
48	GB&W	600	business			1918.12	American Car & Foundry	Acquired 1944 from Morris Run Coal Co., Hazelton, Penn. for $6,000 (total cost $32,782 after restoration by AC&F). Retired in 1972 and sold to a private owner.
49	GB&W	901	business			1955	American Car & Foundry	Originally U.P.R.R. dome car #9001, to Auto Train as #901 in 1972. When purchased by the Green Bay & Western in 1982 it was initially named Cross Lake but the name was never applied before it was changed to Trempealeau River. To Algoma Central in 1997 as "Algoma Country" on the Agawa Canyon tourist train.
50	GB&W	1776	business		50'	1973	GB&W Norwood shops	Created from two International Car Company caboose shells mounted on a former Milwaukee Road 50' boxcar underframe. Still in service as the 'CANYON VIEW' camp car #77 on the Algoma Central Railway.