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PRR #8427 WILLIAM WALLACE ATTERBURY |
| Description: |
Pennsy lightweight 1 double bedroom-1 compartment-2 drawing room (1DB-1C-2DR) sleeper-buffet-25 seat lounge-blunt end (BE) observation, built by Pullman-Standard in March 1949, Lot #6792, Plan #4134, renumbered in 1957 to #7155 for parlor service, renumbered in 1958 back to #8427, retired and sold in 1967 to James E. Strates Shows, later resold to a private owner, then acquird by Iowa Pacific as SLRG #3317, stored in Alamosa, CO. Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate 35mm slide, brand is unknown. Date, location, and photographer are unknown. |
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12/8/2014 Upload Date: 8/4/2017 8:33:43 PM |
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Unknown, US |
| Author: |
Unknown/John C. Benson Collection |
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Station,Passenger |
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681 Comments: 1 |
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SLRG #3317 |
| Description: |
Built in 1929 by P-S in Lot #6792 to Plan #4134 as PRR Class POS211 2DR-1C-1DB sleeper-25 seat buffet lounge blunt end observation #8427 WILLIAM WALLACE ATTERBURY, 1 of 7 such cars (#8421-#8427) built in that Lot; these cars were ordered in January 1946 and delivered between March and April 1949. In 1957, 5 of these cars were renumbered to #7154-#7158 for parlor service, the WILLIAM WALLDCE ATTERBURY as #7155; these 5 cars were returned to the original numbers in 1958. The WILLIAM WALLACE ATTERBURY was retired in 1964 and sold to James E. Strates Shows. The ATTERBURY is 1 of 4 extant cars from Class POS211. The other 3 are: #8422/#7158 GEORGE BROOKE ROBERTS, which is now privately ownef as the #800027 JOHN T. BRIGHAM; the #8423/#7156 FRANK THOMSON, whic is now the #800110 LOUIS SOCKALEXIS; and the #8426 SAMUEL REA, which was formerly owned by the Indiana Pailway Museum in French Lick, and is now owned by the Great Lakes Central. EXIF: 2:52 PM, f/3.7 @ 1/640, ISO-100 |
| Photo Date: |
6/20/2015 Upload Date: 6/25/2015 5:10:55 PM |
| Location: |
Alamosa, CO |
| Author: |
Ted Brumberg |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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