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Owner: San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
User Notes:   2DR-1C-1DB sleeper buffet lounge BE observation, P-S, 1949, ex-pvt. owner, exx-JESX #7 (1st) HAMBURG, NEW YORK, exxx-#8975 JAMES FRANCIS JONES, exxxx-PRR #8427 WILLIAM WALLACE ATTERBURY, exxxxx-#7155, nee-#8427

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SLRG #3317
Title:  SLRG #3317
Description:  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
Categories:  Passenger
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SLRG 2-1-1-Buf.-Lou.-Obs. 3317
Title:  SLRG 2-1-1-Buf.-Lou.-Obs. 3317
Description:  ex-PRR 8427 "William Wallace Atterbury", P-S 1949
Photo Date:  9/26/2021  Upload Date: 9/27/2021 1:59:33 PM
Location:  Alamosa, CO
Author:  Wil Hata
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SLRG 3317
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.
Photo Date:  6/30/2023  Upload Date: 6/23/2024 9:27:49 PM
Location:  Alamosa, CO
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
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SLRG 2-1-1-Buf.-Lou.-Obs. 3317
Title:  SLRG 2-1-1-Buf.-Lou.-Obs. 3317
Description:  3317 was built by Pullman-Standard in 1949 as Pennsylvania 8427 "William Wallace Atterbury". It was retired in 1967 and sold to J. E. Strates Shows, becoming JESX 7. The car was sold to Iowa Pacific circa 2012. In 2022, the car was sold to a Dark Sky Station.
Photo Date:  9/27/2023  Upload Date: 9/29/2023 11:41:59 PM
Location:  Alamosa, CO
Author:  Wil Hata
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Views:  91   Comments: 0


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