| Built in 1948 by P-S in Lot #6757 to Plan #4144 as AT&SF 4DB-4C-2DR sleeper #1806 REGAL CITY, 1 of 16 such cars built in that Lot, which was ordered in July 1945; cars were delivered between December 1947 and February 1948. A 17th car built in Lot #6833 was delivered in March 1948; this car had been ordered in April 1947. An additional 15 cars built by AC&F in Lot #3358 to Plan #9011 were delivered between September and November 1950; these cars had been ordered in January 1948. In 1971, Amtrak acquired 12 of the 17 P-S cars as #2360-#2371 (the REGAL CITY as #2361), and 3 of the 15 AC&F cars as #2350-#2352. The #1806/#2361 was 1 of 4 cars retired in 1981 and sold in 1982 to the Memphis Transportation Museum (MTM); the #2361 as #800331 WINSTON HOOVER, the #1818/#2365 REGAL HILL as #800262 ROSE ORGEL, the #1829/#2367 REGAL RIVER as #800200 JOSEPH S. SIGNAIGO, and the #1821/#2351 REGAL INN as the #800261. The WINSTON HOOVER was 1 of several MTM cars acquired by Iowa Pacific; it is planned to be renamed GILMAN. EXIF: 3:17 PM, f/4.1 @ 1/500, ISO-100 |