Built in 1937 by Budd in Lot #979 as AT&SF 28 seat club lounge-barber shop-shower-dormitory #1372 PICURIS, 1 of 6 such cas (#1371-#1376) built in that Lot, which was ordered in February 1937; cars were delivered in October 1937. The barber shop was later reconfigured to a steward's room. The other 5 cars built in this Lot were either wrecked or retired between 1965 and 1969, leaving only the PICURIS, which was sold in 1971 to Amtrak as #3380. The #3380 was retired in February 1981 and sold to the Memphis Transportation Museum, which renamed the car DYERSBURG. The DYERSBURG was one of several MTM cars acquired by Iowa Pacific. EXIF: 12:40 PM, f/4.9 @ 1/250, ISO-110 |