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#800290 THE OBSERVATORY |
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Built in 1954 by Budd in Lot #9646-141 as CB&Q dome 46 seat chair #558, 1 of 10 such cars built in that Lot, which was ordered in March 1953 for the NORTH COAST LIMITED; cars were delivered between June and August 1954. NP owned 7 (#550-#556), CB&Q owned 2 (#557-#558), and SP&S owned 1 (#559). These 10 cars were intended to be renumbered as BN #4617-#4626, but these numbers were not applied. Sold in 1971 to Amtrak as #9477-#9486. In 1983, Amtrak converted 9 of these 10 cars to HEP #9400-#9408, #9485 was converted to HEP #9406 in June 1983. Retired and sold in 1995 to Tom McOwen's Cincinnati Railway Company. Leased between 1998 and 2000 to Grand Canyon RY as #2097 KOKOPELLI (1st), then reconfigured to dome 3DB sleeper diner lounge and renamed THE OBSERVATORY. For more info, see Phil Dohmen's website: http://www.trainweb.org/railnewspb/Q/ and http://trainweb.org/web_lurker/NP/ 1 of 28 private cars that arrived in Seattle over several days for the 2013 AAPRCO convention train to Napa, CA. EXIF: 4:08 PM, f/3 @ 1/500, ISO-100 |
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9/24/2013 Upload Date: 8/2/2014 2:56:21 AM |
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Seattle, WA |
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Ted Brumberg |
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#800290 STAMPEDE PASS |
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8/22/2016 Upload Date: 5/20/2019 12:34:04 AM |
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Seattle, WA |
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Ted Brumberg |
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#800290 STAMPEDE PASS |
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8/22/2016 Upload Date: 5/20/2019 12:34:07 AM |
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Seattle, WA |
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Ted Brumberg |
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