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Fall New River Gorge Train |
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Behind three Amtrak locomotives all in a 40th Anniversary paint scheme stretches a line of unique private passenger cars not often seen together. This album has many of them but not all. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:43:39 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800029 - Dearing Business Car |
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Built by Pullman in 1925 as a 12section and 1 sleeper "Thompson", it went through at least eight different owners who rebuilt the car into several types of business cars. The last rebuild put it into Georgia RR colors and labeled it "Dearing." |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:43:45 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800029 - "Dearing" Business Car |
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Here is another view of the Georgia RR business car "Dearing", originally built as a 12 section and 1 sleeper combination "Thompson" by Pullman in 1925. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:43:51 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800190 - "Silver Lauriat" |
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This beautiful silver fluted car was built by the Budd Company in 1948 for the Burlington Railroad as a dome coach car on the California Zephyr. When the California Zephyr route was first introduced, the Silver Lariat’s priority was for woman and children meaning that unescorted ladies and mothers with young children occupied the forward end of the car where the mural is located. The mural was painted by Mary Louise Lawser in 1948. Titled Pony Express, it is one of the very few original California Zephyr murals extant. The car remained on the California Zephyr for 22 years until discontinued in 1970. It is now in private ownership after its purchase from Amtrak. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:43:57 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800203 - "Moonlight Dome" |
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Ordered by Chespeake & Ohio in 1946 intended for service on "The Chessie" between Washington & Cincinnati, this Budd built car and its two sisters were called Stata-Domes. Each had three private rooms with the dome car. The route was cancelled before C&O took ownership so the car was sold to the B&O and labeled Monnlight Dome with the other two labeled Starlight Dome and Sunlight Dome. They were used on the Capitol Limited. Eventually leased to several railroads and owners before ending up with the Cincinnati Railway Company. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:44:04 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800046 - "J. P. Henderson" |
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The J. Pinckney Henderson, named after the first governor of the state of Texas, was built in 1954 by the Pullman-Standard Company for the MKT Railroad. It was Pullmans first all-stainless steel car for service on the MKT's "Texas Special". In 1989, it was totally rebuilt and reconfigured and has been operated by the Lancaster & Chester RR since 1989. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:44:11 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800046 - "J. Pinckney Henderson" |
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A closeup view of the name boards for the "J. Pinckney Henderson" private car in the Fall New River Gorge Train. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:44:17 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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RPCX 800411 - NYC Tavern #43 |
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The New York Central Tavern Lounge Car #43 was built by Budd in 1947 as one of 13 Tavern Lounge cars for use on the NYC's long-distance trains. Under Penn Central ownership, the car was renumbered 4443 and served on many trains between New York and Washington. Conveyed to Conrail in 1976, the car was assigned to the North Jersey Coast Line service operated by Conrail and later New Jersey Transit. Retired in 1987, the car was donated by NJ Transit to the United Railroad Historical Society in 1991. Having suffered extreme vandalism while in storage, the car has been fully restored to its original as-built configuration and has been an Amtrak-certified car since January 2010. The current owner may be Star Trak Inc. Can anyone confirm this? |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:44:22 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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RPCX 800411 - NYC Tavern #43 |
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Here is a closeup of the road name and number for the former NYC Tavern Car #43. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:44:29 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800290 - Former NP "Stampede Pass" |
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Beautiful former Chicago, Burlington & Quiincy owned dome car "Stampede Pass", originally labeled "Observatory", was assigned to its partner Northern Pacific trains.. The car was built by the Budd Company in 1954 for use on the North Coast Limited. Eventually it landed on the Amtrak roster and leased to several companies. In the late 1990's it was converted from a dome-coach car to a dome-sleeper with three new bedrooms, dome seating for 24 people and lounge seating. It now belongs to the Paxrail company. Beautiful paint scheme on this car. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:44:35 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800655 - NYC Tavern Car #38 |
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Here is another former New York Central Tavern car, #38, on the Fall New River Gorge Train roster. The New York Central Tavern Lounge Car #43 was built by Budd in 1947 as one of 13 Tavern Lounge cars for use on the NYC's long-distance trains. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:44:43 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800655 - NYC Tavern Car #38 |
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Close up of the name board for the former New York Central Tavern car #38. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:44:49 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800081 - "Morris County" |
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Close up of the label boards on the former NYC coach car #2936 but eventually landed under the ownership of Morristown and Erie Rwy. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:44:55 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800081 - "Morris County" |
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Closeup of the doorway into the 1946 Budd built coach car, now a parlor car with Morristown & Erie Rwy. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:45:01 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800081 - "Morris County" |
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Interesting water pipe at the Hinton, WV, yard where the Morris County car is spotted during the Fall New River Gorge Train. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:45:08 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800081 - "Morris County" |
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This stainless steel fluted car was built by the Budd Company in December of 1946 as NYC #2936 with 56 coach seats. The car served on the NYC Empire State Express between New York City and Buffalo, NY through its transfer to the Penn Central Transportation Company in 1968. In 1971, the car was sold into private ownership, and was rebuilt into a 28-seat parlor car in 1977. The Morristown & Erie Railway acquired the car in the mid-1980s and renamed it Morris County. It was upgraded to full Amtrak standards in the early 2000s, and is now operated by the Morristown & Erie Railway and based at the railroad’s private car storage facility in Whippany, NJ.. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:45:18 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800401 - Former Southern "Crescent Harbor" |
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Built as one of three sleeper/lounge cars by Pullman for the Southern Rwy in 1949, the car was assigned to service on The Southern Crescent line. It was configured as two drawing rooms, one master bedroom, a buffet kitchen/bar and a lounge. It plied the rails between New York City, Washington, Atlanta and New Orleans. Now it is owned by the Watauga Valley RR Historical Society. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:45:24 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800401 - Former Southern "Crescent Harbor" |
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Closeup view of the title bars on the former Southern Rwy "Crescent Harbor" sleeper/lounge car in use today on the Fall New River Gorge Train. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:45:29 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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RPCX 2263 - "Berlin" |
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Close up of the reporting mark for this former UP/Amtrak sleeper car. It was part of the annual Fall New River Gorge Train. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:45:36 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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RPCX 2263 - "Berlin" |
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Originally built by Pullman-Standard in 1956 as Union Pacific sleeper "Placid Lake" (later numbered #1504), the car landed on Amtrak and renumbered 2263. It was retired in October 1980 and sold in 1981 to the Indiana RY Museum in French Lick. (Yeah - a Hoosier connection!!!) The car was later sold to American European Express and renamed BERLIN. AOE reconfigured the car to 2 state rooms and 7 bedrooms, and after the end of AOE operations, it was sold to Kevin Moore. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:45:41 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800606 - Former NP "Prairie View" |
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Here is a closeup of some of the reporting marks and names it is connected to - NP "Prairie View", private car PPCX 800606 and current owners, Iowa Pacific. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:45:47 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800606 - Former NP "Prairie View" |
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Built by the Budd Company in 1955 as a full dome lounge car "Prairie View" for the Northern Pacific Empire Builder train. It eventually went onto the Burlington Northern roster in 1971 and them to Amtrak in 1993. Holland America Westours (WTMC) then took over control. It finally was sold to Iowa Pacific who now owns it as SLRG 1394. It's bright orange can be seen from miles away! |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:45:53 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800966 - Former ATSF "Sky View" |
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Close up of two of the numbers this car has been registered under. Now it belongs to the Iowa Pacific company and stored in Chicago until leased for travel like this Fall New River Gorge Train. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:45:59 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800966 - Former ATSF "Sky View" |
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Close up of the former ATSF full dome/lounge car name "Sky View". Now owned by the Iowa Pacific, stored in Chicago Amtrak yard and leased throughout the country like this Fall New River Gorge Train. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:46:05 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800966 - Former ATSF "Sky View" |
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Built by the Budd Company in 1953 full dome lounge car for use on the premier San Francisco Chief. The dome has 57 lounge seats and a lower level lounge, bar and crew quarters. When passenger service declined, ATSF sold the car to the Auto-Trainin 1971. When the Auto-Train went bankrupt, the car was sold to C.C. Potter. Finally it was sold to the Westours Company for private travel trains in Alaska (renamed Kobuk). In 2007, this car was sold to the Iowa Pacific roster based in Chicago Amtrak Yard. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:46:10 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800966 - Former ATSF "Sky View" |
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Close up of the current owner of the former ATSF full dome car/lounge "Sky View". Quite a boomer history of bouncing from one owner to another! |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:46:16 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800854 - Former PRR "Braddock Inn" |
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Close up view of the PRR logo and Pullman name on the former PRR sleeper "Braddock Inn". |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:46:22 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800854 - Former PRR "Braddock Inn" |
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Delivered on February 18, 1948, the "Braddock Inn" was a 21 roomette sleeper for the Pennsylvania Railroad, operating on “The Iron City Express.” When delivered, she wore a bright Tuscan Red coat with gold lettering and a black roof. Over the years the car was reconfigured as a sleeper, coach, café-parlor and ultimately back to first class service to meet the needs of the various railroads including New Jersey Transit and Maryland Department of Transportation MARC Train Service. While in service for MARC, the Bradford operated as a parlor/lounge car on an express commuter train between Washington, D.C. and Martinsburg, WV, where seats were highly sought after and often fully occupied. Now owned by the Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society, the Braddock Inn is part of a working pool of passenger cars that are used on private excursions including the New River Train Excursion. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:46:32 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800448 - Former NYC Diner #448 |
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Originally built in 1947 by the Budd Company for the New York Central as their Diner #448, the car was a stainless steel fluted sides diner with a seating capacity of 50. This car went through several ownerships - Penn Central #4548, High Iron, etc - until it was purchased in 2003 by the Iowa Pacific. It was repainted in a color scheme reminiscent of an Illinois Central pallet. It serves now on private tours like this Fall New River Gorge Excursion. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:46:38 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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PPCX 800448 - Former NYC Diner #448 |
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Close up of the Iowa Pacific name board and number on the former NYC diner #448. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:46:44 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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VRIC 7 - Former Pullman "Mountain View" |
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Pullman originally built this car at Calumet City, IL in June and July of 1923. The car was originally named the "Mountain View". n 1937, the Mountain View returned to Calumet for rebuilding into a solarium observation car with an 8 section buffet lounge observation. It was renamed "Kitchi Gammi Club". It worked the NKP and eventually sold to them in 1957 as a business car. After merged into the NW roster, it went down to the lowly MOW kitchen/bunk car NW 521417. Eventually sitting on a scrap pile in Roanoke, the Virginia Rail Investment Corporation saved it from the scrapper's torch and reborn in 2007 as seen here. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:46:49 PM |
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VRIC 7 - Former Pullman "Mountain View" |
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Close up view of the Pullman logo and the Kitchi Gammi Club name on this lounge car now owned by the Virginia Rail Investment Corporation. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:46:56 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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WATX 400 - Former ACL Diner "Moultrie" |
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Pullman-Standard built this 36 seat dining car in April of 1950 as Moultrie assigned to the Atlantic Coast Line and later SCL #5954. It operated on New York to Miami trains until 1971. With the formation of AMTRAK, the diner continued Florida service as AMTK #8084 until 1981 when AMTRAK sold the car to a short-line dinner train operation in Virginia. The Watauga Valley Chapter NRHS purchased the car in 1989, completely upgrading the mechanical systems to AMTRAK standards and fully renovating the interior. It was assigned AAR reporting mark WATX 400. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:47:03 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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WATX 400 - Former ACL Diner "Moultrie" |
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Close up of the original road name Atlantic Coast Line and car name "Moultrie. It is now owned and operated by the Watauga Valley RR Historical Society. |
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10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/16/2021 4:47:09 PM |
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Hinton, WV |
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