| Built as Milwaukee Road #59 (Pullman-Standard 1952-lot #6908, Plan #7635) to Amtrak #9383 (leased at inception then later purchased by Amtrak), bought by Joseph Fertitta (9/78) for use as the "Lindsey M" at "Central Station" a restaurant and railroad museum in Shreveport, LA. Car was actually firebombed and sat derilict for a couple of years. Purchased and completely rebuilt by Tour Alaska in 1985 as TAIX 7093 "Mt. St. Elias", TAIX taken over by P & O Princess, leased to Washington Central for use on the "Spirit of Washington" dinner train. Numbered WCRC 59, repainted silver red / black stripes, and re-named "City of Renton". Car purchased by WCRC during 1993 (WCRC 108), and it was given the addition of molded plastic fluting on the lower car sides. Relettered CBRW (Columbia Basin Railway) 11/02. Purchased by San Luis and Rio Grande 2012 and renumbered #59. Sold at 2021 auction to Reading and Northern (RBMN) and assigned #5. |