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Owner: Southern Pacific
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
SP Class:   79-PRO-2
User Notes:   Lounge parlor observation, COAST DAYLIGHT, P-S, 1941, to 72 seat coach #2297/ST&E/NRM #2955 JAMES J. GILMORE

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SP 2955
Title:  SP 2955
Description:  Southern Pacific Observation-Lounge 2955 James J Gilmore (built 1941/Pullman-Standard) in in the consist behind SP 4449 on a deadhead move to Yakima to participate in Washington Centrals Steamfest. The train has just arrived from a trip through the Colombia River Gorge from Portland. Pasco, Washington - October 10, 1990.
Photo Date:  10/10/1990  Upload Date: 10/10/2023 11:24:59 AM
Location:  Pasco, WA
Author:  Steven J Brown
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
SP 2955 (NRM)
Title:  SP 2955 (NRM)
Description:  Gilmore parlor observation car. (NRM 2955)
Photo Date:  5/21/2006  Upload Date: 5/22/2006 2:00:30 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Al Ahlgrim
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  3206   Comments: 2
GORDON N. ZIMMERMAN, RED RIVER, and JAMES J. GILMORE
Title:  GORDON N. ZIMMERMAN, RED RIVER, and JAMES J. GILMORE
Description:  From right to left, these 3 cars are the DLMX #5659 GORDON N. ZIMMERMAN, PNWC #6800 RED RIVER, and NRM #2955 JAMES J. GILMORE. DLMX #5659 was built in 1954 by AC&F in Lot #4094 as UP baggage-messenger #5659, 1 of 25 such cars (#5639-#5663) built in that Lot, which was ordered in November 1952; cars were delivered between August 1953 and May 1954. This Lot was part of a 90 car order placed by UP in November 1952; this order also included 30 chairs and 35 domes. In addition, 8 cars of this type (#5631-#5638) were built in Lot #3810, which was ordered in May 1951; these 8 cars were delivered at the same time as the Lot #4094 cars, for a total of 33. Also, C&NW owned 2 cars of this type (#8900 and #8901) which were built in Lot #3842 for the Overland Pool; the Lot was ordered in August 1951 and the 2 cars were delivered in October 1953. The 33 UP cars were reassigned to express freight service in April 1969 with #244xx-series numbers, the #5659 as #24427. Besides 1 car which was wrecked in September 1969, these cars were again reassigned in 1970 as MofW tool cars; the #24427 was renumbered to #904227 in March of that year. The #904227 was retired and sold in July 1997 to the Friends of the 4449 as DLMX #5659 with the name BETTER IDEA. In 2003, the car was repainted in SP DAYLIGHT colors and renamed GORDON N. ZIMMERMAN. PNWC #6800 RED RIVER was built in 1950 by AC&F in Lot #3125 as GN 9 seat lunch counter-12 seat dinette-20 seat parlor observation #1147 RED RIVER; the car was ordered in July 1946 for the St. Paul-Grand Forks RED RIVER and delivered in May 1950. In 1953, the number of parlor seats was reduced from 20 to 16. In 1963, the car was rebuilt to a 68 seat coach (as #1147), with the name RED RIVER removed and the end squared off with a second diaphragm. The #1147 was repainted and renumbered as BN #6800 before being sold to Amtrak in 1971, retaining the BN number. The #6800 was retired in November 1977 and sold in 1978 to the Southern California Passenger Corporation in Santa Barbara. Great Western Tours acquired the car in 1980 as GWT #568, and it was later repainted in SP DAYLIGHT colors for use with the SP #4449 on the 1984 WORLD’S FAIR DAYLIGHT to New Orleans. The Pacific Northwest Chapter NRHS acquired the car from GWT in April 1986. NRM #2955 JAMES J. GILMORE was built in 1941 by P-S in Lot #6638 to Plan #7419A as SP 19 seat lounge 22 seat parlor observation #2955, 1 of 2 such cars (#2954 and #2955) built in that Lot for the COAST DAYLIGHT; the Lot was ordered in August 1940 and the 2 cars were delivered in July 1941. In 1963, the #2955 was rebuilt to 72 seat coach #2297, but unlike GN #1147 RED RIVER, the observation end remained unchanged. In 1971, the #2297 was sold to the Stockton Terminal & Eastern RR, and was later acquired by ORHF Vice President Ed Immel as NRM #2955. NRM is the reporting mark for Immel’s Northwest Rail Museum, which is not in any way related to the Northwest Railway Museum of Snoqualmie, WA. EXIF: 2:46 PM, f/2.7 @ 1/250
Photo Date:  2/16/2012  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 5:02:20 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  1783   Comments: 0
SP 2955
Title:  SP 2955
Description:  The original observation car from the SP Daylight
Photo Date:  9/22/2012  Upload Date: 9/25/2012 1:30:55 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  John Bucsek
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  462   Comments: 0
SP 2955
Title:  SP 2955
Description:  Interior shot looking forward of the restored observation car.
Photo Date:  9/22/2012  Upload Date: 9/25/2012 1:29:52 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  John Bucsek
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  504   Comments: 0
SP 2955
Title:  SP 2955
Description:  Interior shot looking rear of the observation car
Photo Date:  9/22/2012  Upload Date: 9/25/2012 1:30:03 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  John Bucsek
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  539   Comments: 0
SPS 600
Title:  SPS 600
Description:  Southern Pacific observation car, baggage car, and sleeper-buffet-lounge cars
Photo Date:  9/22/2012  Upload Date: 9/25/2012 1:30:12 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  John Bucsek
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  887   Comments: 1
AARX #2955
Title:  AARX #2955
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2016  Upload Date: 5/21/2019 12:14:48 AM
Location:  Hood River, OR
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  326   Comments: 1
AARX #2955
Title:  AARX #2955
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2016  Upload Date: 5/21/2019 12:14:50 AM
Location:  Hood River, OR
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  183   Comments: 0
AARX #2955
Title:  AARX #2955
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2016  Upload Date: 5/21/2019 12:14:52 AM
Location:  Hood River, OR
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  260   Comments: 0
AARX #2955
Title:  AARX #2955
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2016  Upload Date: 5/21/2019 12:14:55 AM
Location:  Hood River, OR
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  285   Comments: 0
AARX #2955
Title:  AARX #2955
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2016  Upload Date: 5/21/2019 12:14:57 AM
Location:  Hood River, OR
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  314   Comments: 0
Coach Yard
Title:  Coach Yard
Description:  Under a thick blanket of snow
Photo Date:  12/16/2016  Upload Date: 12/13/2017 10:16:16 PM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Jonathan Hinely
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Winter,Passenger,Action
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Views:  280   Comments: 1
The Wonders of Steam Heat
Title:  The Wonders of Steam Heat
Description:  Vintage Colors, vintage heat, and a blanket of snow.
Photo Date:  12/18/2016  Upload Date: 12/13/2017 9:25:25 PM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Jonathan Hinely
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Winter,Passenger,Action
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Views:  235   Comments: 0
Bringing Up The Markers
Title:  Bringing Up The Markers
Description:  What a way to end a classy little passenger train.
Photo Date:  12/18/2016  Upload Date: 12/13/2017 9:26:47 PM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Jonathan Hinely
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Winter,Passenger,Action
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Views:  417   Comments: 2
 SP 2955
Title:  SP 2955
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/17/2017  Upload Date: 12/20/2017 11:13:50 PM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Passenger,Track
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Views:  391   Comments: 0


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