Lionel B & O passenger car named "Emerald Brook"

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Lionel made a B & O passenger car named “Emerald Brook”.

  1. Was there a real B & O passenger car named “Emerald Brook”?

  2. Who was Emerald Brook?

My internet searches have found no answers to these questions.

Thanks to anybody who helps.

Dan

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The Emerald Brook was an 8-Section 4-Double Bedroom Sleeping Car on the National Limited.

http://www.streamlinerschedules.com/concourse/track3/nationalltd194106.html

Consist Information

Contributed by Alan L. Pettet

NATIONAL LIMITED

Westbound June 28, 1940 leaving Washington

53 EMD EA 1,800 HP Diesel Passenger Cab Unit
53X EMD EB 1,800 HP Diesel Passenger Booster Unit
1302 Baggage 12-Crew Dormitory Buffet 18-Seat Lounge Car
3550 54-Revenue Seat Coach
3554 54-Revenue Seat Coach
1077 28-Seat Dining 12-Seat Lounge Cars
MERCHANTS CLUB 8-Section Buffet 16-Seat Lounge Car
EAST AKRON 12-Section 1-Drawing Room Sleeping Car
EMERALD BROOK 8-Section 4-Double Bedroom Sleeping Car
LOCH EARN 10-Section 1-Drawing Room 2-Compartment Sleeping Car
PALM ISLANDS 3-Compartment 1-Drawing Room Buffet 14-Seat Lounge Solarium Observation

From one of my old posts on the forum…[#offtopic]

http://cs.trains.com/ctt/f/95/t/32603.aspx?sort=ASC&pi350=2

The Train Wreck
May 1956

We left Baltimore’s Mount Royal Station in the usual fashion late in the evening. The big diesel engines growled as the brakes squealed entering the train shed. We boarded and took our seats in the sleeper car as usual. In the middle of the night we awoke from an awful commotion. The porter was yelling and my mother said we had to move. We left the compart