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SLRG #3317 |
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Built in 1949 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 WALLACE ATTERBURY as #7155; these 5 cars were returned to the original numbers in 1958. The WILLIAM WALLACE ATTERBURY was retired in 1967 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 owned as the #800027 JOHN T. BRIGHAM; the #8423/#7156 FRANK THOMSON, which is now the #800110 LOUIS SOCKALEXIS; and the #8426 SAMUEL REA, which was formerly owned by the Indiana Railway 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 |
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Passenger |
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| Title: |
SLRG 3317 |
| Description: |
SLRG 3317 buffet-lounge stored with trucks removed in Alamosa, CO. 3117 was built in 1949 by Pullman-Standard as PRR 8427, later becoming JESX 7. This car will likely be scrapped given its current condition. |
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6/30/2023 Upload Date: 6/23/2024 9:27:49 PM |
| Location: |
Alamosa, CO |
| Author: |
Lucas Connor |
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RollingStock,Yard |
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