| Built in 1949 by P-S in Lot #6808 to Plan #7593 as ACL 54 seat coach #239, 1 of 25 such cars built in that Lot, which was ordered in June 1946; cars were delivered between November 1949 and January 1950. ACL owned 20 (#228-#247), PRR owned 2 (#4043 & #4044, Plan #7593B), and RF&P owned 3 (#810-#812); ACL #247 was built for the IC CITY OF MIAMI pool with smooth sides. Amtrak acquired all 25 of these coaches, the ACL cars as #5450-#5469 (the SCL numbers), the PRR cars as #5443-#5444, and the RF&P cars as #5440-#5442. An additional 5 coaches (with 56 seats) were also built in this Lot for the FEC to Plan #7593A, which were sold to SAL in 1965, and were also acquired by Amtrak. #5461 was retired in 1979 and sold in 1981 to the Memphis Transportation Museum (Collierville, TN), and was acquired in 2012 by Iowa Pacific. EXIF: 2:14 PM, f/3.8 @ 1/1250, ISO-100 |