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Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
User Notes:   SUN CAPE, Plan #6009 11DB sleeper, AC&F, Lot #3069, 1950/65, ex-Plan #9004 12RM-4DB sleeper WESTERN ADVENTURE, 1987 to SCD #736 IZTACCIHUATL

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UP #1601 SUN CAPE
Title:  UP #1601 SUN CAPE
Description:  UP 11 double bedroom (11DB) sleeper #1601 SUN CAPE, built by AC&F in January 1950 in Lot #3069 to Pullman Plan #9004 as the 12 roomette-4 double bedroom (12RM-4DB) sleeper WESTERN ADVENTURE, pulled from service in January 1965 and rebuilt in September to the Pullman Plan #6009 11DB sleeper SUN CAPE, had #1601 applied in September 1969, was leased to the Auto Train Corporation in late 1971-early 1972, was retained by UP for business and excursion use in 1974, was retired in November 1986, and was sold in 1987 to Mexico's SCD as #736 IZTACCIHUATL, no further disposition info. Retained by UP at the startup of Amtrak, used in excursion and business service until sold in 1987 to SCD as #736 IZTACCIHUATL. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome 35mm slide. Photographer is unknown.
Photo Date:  4/24/1971  Upload Date: 6/5/2016 5:16:45 AM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Unknown/John C. Benson Collection
Categories:  Passenger
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UP 11 Bedroom Sleeper 1601 "Sun Cape"
Title:  UP 11 Bedroom Sleeper 1601 "Sun Cape"
Description:  Taken during the early 1970s by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  1/1/1973  Upload Date: 9/22/2022 8:47:08 PM
Location:  Unknown, NE
Author:  Unknown
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