| Built in 1916 by Pullman in Lot #4422 to Plan #2502B as private car NEWPORT, 1 of 3 such cars built in that Lot; the other 2 cars were the MANHATTAN and the PALM BEACH. Between March and December 1936, the NEWPORT was renamed the PURETEST for use on the United Drug Company's REXALL TRAIN. All 3 of the Lot #4422 private cars survive. The MANHATTAN was sold in 1944 to the ACL as the #308 (1st), later renumbered #309, retaining that number through the SCL and SBD before being sold to the Gulf & Ohio as the TENNESSEE. The PALM BEACH was sold in 1942 to the Tennessee Central as the #102, which sold the car to the Nashville Chapter NRHS in 1968; the PALM BEACH was acquired by the Tennessee Central RY Museum in 1993. The NEWPORT was sold in 1941 to the NP as the #4 and renamed GALLATIN RIVER; the car was sold to Andy's Diner sometime around the BN merger in 1970. The Seattle location of Andy's Diner closed in January 2008 and the restaurant later reopened as the Orient Express. For more info, see Robert J. Wayner's "The Complete Roster of Heavyweight Pullman Cars", Tom Madden's Pullman Project CCR database: http://pullmanproject.com/Database.htm, and the "Surviving Pullman Heavyweight Sleeping Cars" thread on RYPN: http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=30187. EXIF: 4:13 PM, f/3.3 @ 1/1250, ISO-100 |