Built by Budd in 1946 as a 56 seat coach for the Florida East Coast Railway & named Jacksonville. To Seaboard Air Line in 1965 & numbered 6263. To Seaboard Coast Line #5627. Transferred to Amtrak and renumbered 5627. It was sold in 1985 to Denver Railcar, r/b into a 54-seat coach and served in tourist service in Canada before being purchased by the Morristown & Erie Railway in 2003 to operate on the Maine Eastern Railroad. Renumbered ME 1003 & named Magnolia. The car returned to New Jersey in 2016 and was renumbered 5603 and had its new name applied, Ridgedale. |