| GN 14 seat lunch counter-30 seat lounge "Ranch Car" #1241 RUNNING CRANE LAKE (AC&F, Lot #3445, November 1950), built for assignment to the 1951 (a.k.a., the "Mid-Century") edition of the EMPIRE BUILDER, to BN via merger in March 1970, sold to Amtrak in 1974 as #8150 (lounge seating replaced by 34 dining seats), retired in July 1981 and resold in 1983 to Robert Klein, d.b.a., Golden State Limited (Verdi/Reno, NV), later resold to Nicolet Badger Northern (Laona, WI), later resold in circa 1993 to Dr. Louis Steplock, d.b.a., Wyoming & Pacific, as WPRX #1241 (#800267) (Albany, OR), and leased to the Albany & Eastern RR (Lebanon, OR). Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate 35mm slide, brand is unknown. Date and photographer are unknown. |