| Built in 1953 by P-S in Lot #6909 to Plan #4183 as C&EI 6S-6RM-4DB sleeper #902 LOBLOLLY PINE, 1 of 29 such cars built in that Lot, which was ordered in November 1951; cars were delivered between March and May 1953. L&N owned 22 (#3450-#3471), NC&StL owned 3 (#200-#202; to L&N in 1957 as #3472-#3474), and C&EI owned 4 (#900-#903). In 1968, the LOBLOLLY PINE was redesignated dormitory #652, and was sold in 1974 to Bill Kratville's Autoliner Corporation, which rebuilt the #652 to business car #101. The #101 was sold in 1976 to MP #2, to UP in 1985 and named LITTLE ROCK, to UP #109 (3rd) in 1986, to #105 (5th) 1987, to UPP #105 in 1990 and renamed HOUSTON, sold in 1997 to Mike Margrave. For more info, see Don Strack's website: http://utahrails.net/pass/heritage-fleet-1.php#upp105 1 of 28 private cars that arrived in Seattle over several days for the 2013 AAPRCO convention train to Napa, CA. EXIF: 4:10 PM, f/3 @ 1/160, ISO-100 |