MRSR #583 NEW RELIANCE         
Built as CP 52 seat chair-16 seat smoker #2242, 1 of 99 such cars (#2200-#2298) built in 1947-1949 as shells by CC&F and NSC and completed by the CP shops through 1950. In 1973, CP sold 15 of these cars to the British Columbia Provincial Museum for use with CP Royal Hudson #2860; the #2242 was named LONE BUTTE. 6 of these cars were later sold to the Mount Rainier Scenic; the LONE BUTTE as the #583 NEW RELIANCE. EXIF: 2:46 PM, f/3 @ 1/500, ISO-100
Date: 7/19/2014 Location: Mineral, WA   Map Show Mineral on a rail map Views: 592 Collection Of:   Ted Brumberg
Rolling Stock: MRSR 583 (Passenger Car) BCPM LONE_BUTTE (Passenger Car) CP 2242 (Passenger Car) Author:  Ted Brumberg
MRSR #583 NEW RELIANCE
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