1358-23 Northbound Eureka Southern (EUKA) "North Coast Daylight"
Date:
7/1/1985
Location:
Unknown, CA
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143
Collection Of:
The Slidebroker image by John Hill
Author:
John Hill
Picture Categories: Passenger,Action
This picture is part of album:
1985 California Vacation Trip
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Ted Brumberg
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Second from last car is Great Western Tours (GWT) coach #6800 "Red River", built in 1950 by AC&F in Lot #3125 as GN diner parlor observation #1147 "Red River" converted in 1963 to coach #1147 to BN #6800 (not applied) to Amtrak #6800 to Sou CA Passenger Corp to GWT to Pacific Northwest Chapter (PNWC) #6800, still in Daylight paint
7/7/2014 12:28:08 AM
Ted Brumberg
General
Actually GWT #568, not #6800, and BN #6800 was applied
7/7/2014 12:32:19 AM
Ted Brumberg
General
Third from last car is Sierra Western (SW) #500 SAN JOAQUIN, built in 1949 by P-S in Lot #6805 to Plan #7575 as SP coffee shop-tavern lounge #10317, reconfigured in 1963 to 86 seat coach #2241, sold in 1973 to Amtrak #7500, sold in 1976 to Rail Service Industries, later to SW #500. #500 was 1 of 8 Sierra Western cars in the consist of the 1984 World's Fair Daylight. #500 was later stored with several other SW cars in Willits, and was scrapped in 2008. GWT #568 RED RIVER was also in the consist of the World's Fair Daylight.
7/7/2014 10:04:00 PM
Ted Brumberg
General
See http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1931904 and http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2842
7/7/2014 10:16:23 PM
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