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SOU power car 960605 |
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Southern Railway power car 960605 was parked across from the station at Slidell, Louisiana. The car had been built by Pullman in May 1926 as the Plan 3584A 10-section / 2-drawing-room sleeping car POINT RICHARDS and during the Pullman divestiture it became Southern 2433 on 31 December 1948. It was withdrawn from Pullman lease on 21 July 1952 and rebuilt into power car (battery charger) BC-2. The car contained two steam generators, four motor-generator sets, a 1000-gallon fuel tank and two 1000-gallon water tanks. BC-2 was later renumbered 960605, then it became Norfolk Southern first 26, was sold to the New Georgia Railroad as NGRX 1402 in 1990 and became Wyoming & Pacific WPRX 1402 in 1995. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1978 Upload Date: 6/30/2020 4:32:37 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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RollingStock,Passenger |
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WPRX #1402 |
| Description: |
Built in 1926 by Pullman in Lot #4961 to Plan #3584A as 10S-2DR sleeper POINT RICHARDS, 1 of 20 such sleepers built in that Lot; cars were delivered between April and May 1926. The POINT RICHARDS was 1 of 6 cars from this Lot which were sold to SOU at the 12/31/1948 divestiture; of a total of 23 such sleepers acquired by SOU; the POINT RICHARDS as SOU #2433. Of the 6 cars from this Lot acquired by SOU, 4 survive: POINT ALLERTON (CNO&TP #3507) was rebuilt in 1954 to coach #1035, later to open air coach #1070, which is now owned by the Virginia Museum of Transportation; POINT NOIRE (GS&F #6204) was rebuilt in 1952 to baggage-express #6457, which is now owned by the Southeastern RY Museum; POINT RICHMOND (CNO&TP #3509) was rebuilt in 1956 to business car #21, renumbered in 1970 to #6; renumbered in 1972 to #5, to NS #8, sold in 2000 to private ownership. The POINT RICHARDS was rebuilt in 1952 to steam generator (battery charger) #BC2, later renumbered to #960605, to NS #26 (1st), sold in 1990 to New Georgia RR as NGRX #1402, sold at the New Georgia auction in 1995 to Lou Steplock-Wyoming & Pacific as WPRX #1402. Steplock was one of the partners in the Montana Daylight operation before it was bought out by AOE and rebranded Montana Rockies Rail Tours. Since this photograph was taken, the #1402 has been repainted in a variation of the SP Black Widow scheme and placed back into service on Albany & Eastern RR excursions. For more info, see Wayner's "The Complete Roster of Heavyweight Pullman Cars", Tom Madden's Pullman Project website: http://pullmanproject.com/Database.htm, the SOU Modeler website: http://southernmodeler.info/, and the "Surviving Pullman" thread on RYPN: http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=30187. Photographed from the NB #14 COAST STARLIGHT. EXIF: 2:46 PM |
| Photo Date: |
8/21/2012 Upload Date: 10/25/2014 6:32:29 PM |
| Location: |
Albany, OR |
| Author: |
Ted Brumberg |
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Passenger |
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