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PPCX 800355 |
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11/4/2009 Upload Date: 11/11/2009 10:42:19 PM |
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Saint Augustine, FL |
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G Gerard |
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#800355 PACIFIC SANDS |
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Built in 1950 by Budd in Lot #9660-039 to Plan #9522 as UP 10RM-6DB sleeper PACIFIC SANDS, 1 of 50 PACIFIC-series cars built in that Lot, which was ordered in February 1948; cars were delivered between December 1949 and June 1950. Besides PACIFIC EMPIRE, which was wrecked in 1951, the other 49 cars were assigned #14xx-series numbers in 1969, the PACIFIC SANDS was assigned #1437, which was applied in March 1970. 5 cars were sold to the Milwaukee Road in 1969, 1 car was retained by UP, and the other 43 cars were sold to Amtrak in 1971 as #2600-#2642, PACIFIC SANDS as #2630. Besides 3 which were wrecked during Amtraks first decade, the remaining 40 cars were converted to HEP in 3 batches, the 2nd group of 15 cars were converted in 1979-1980, including PACIFIC SANDS, which was converted to HEP #2881 in June 1979. The #2881 was sold in 1995 to private ownership. For more info, see Don Stracks website: http://utahrails.net/pass/named-lightweight-sleepers.php#sleeper-pacific-bay and this thread: http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=36575 1 of 28 private cars that arrived in Seattle over several days for the 2013 AAPRCO convention train to Napa, CA. EXIF: 1:29 PM, f/3 @ 1/500, ISO-100 |
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9/25/2013 Upload Date: 7/31/2014 10:11:48 PM |
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Seattle, WA |
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Ted Brumberg |
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| Title: |
#800355 PACIFIC SANDS |
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8/22/2016 Upload Date: 5/20/2019 12:33:57 AM |
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Seattle, WA |
| Author: |
Ted Brumberg |
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#800355 PACIFIC SANDS & #800237 PALM LEAF |
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8/22/2016 Upload Date: 5/20/2019 12:34:12 AM |
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Seattle, WA |
| Author: |
Ted Brumberg |
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