This was car 148 on the 1975 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey blue train. It was originally New York Central 12-double-bedroom sleeper 10508 PORT OF NEW YORK, built by Pullman-Standard as a Plan 4125 car in Lot 6790. It was placed in service on 22 April 1949, withdrawn from Pullman lease on 1 July 1958, and sold to Ringling in 1968. The car was photographed in the Illinois Central Gulf's Poydras Yard. At that time, the Ringling cars did not wear any reporting mark. |