Has anyone done any research on which (if any??) Frisco passenger cars were sold to or with the New Orleans, Texas & Mexico when the NOT&M gained its independence from the Frisco in 1916? I am trying to determine the ancestry of NOT&M cafe-observation cars 200-202, and suspect that they are former Frisco cars. In a 1915 Official Railway Equipment Register, Frisco lists cafe-obs cars 603-620 (11 cars in the series.) In a 1917 ORER, Frisco lists cars 603-619 (8 cars in the series). The same ORER for the NOT&M lists for the first time, cafe-obs cars 201, 202, and 605. A few issues later, the NOT&M numbers were 200, 201 and 202, implying that the 605 number in 1917 was a car that had not yet been renumbered from its prior owner. It would seem that Frisco 605 and 620 MIGHT have been two of the three cars acquired by NOT&M. Does anyone have more information on this 600 series of Frisco cars, when they were built, diagrams, dispositions of other cars, etc? By 1924 they were no longer listed on the Frisco side, presumably rebuilt into other car types or ??? Any info to help confirm or refute this theory would be much appreciated. Bill Pollard
