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Amtrak #2438 PACIFIC CASTLE |
| Description: |
RE-UPLOAD due to missing file. Amtrak 10 roomette-6 double bedroom (10RM-6DB) sleeper #2438 PACIFIC CASTLE in the consist of westbound train #41, the BROADWAY LIMITED, in Harrisburg. Built by Budd in January 1950 in Lot #9660-039 to Pullman Plan #9522 as UP PACIFIC CASTLE, 1 of 50 PACIFIC-series cars built in that Lot, which was ordered in February 1948; cars were delivered between December 1949 and June 1950. Besides PACIFIC EMPIRE, which was wrecked in 1951, the other 49 cars were assigned #14xx-series numbers in 1969, the PACIFIC CASTLE was assigned #1407, which was not applied. 5 cars were sold to the Milwaukee Road in 1969, 1 car was retained by UP, and the other 43 cars were sold to Amtrak in 1971 as #2600-#2642, PACIFIC CASTLE as #2605. Besides 3 which were wrecked during Amtraks first decade, the remaining 40 cars were converted to head end power (HEP) in 3 batches, the 3rd group of 12 cars were converted in 1980-1981 (with 1 roomette combined with the porters room as an ADA room), including PACIFIC CASTLE, which was converted to HEP #2438 in September 1980. The car was retired in November 2002. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome 35mm slide. |
| Photo Date: |
6/10/1991 Upload Date: 12/25/2024 4:09:05 AM |
| Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
| Author: |
Harold E. "Ed" Brouse/John C. Benson Collection |
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Passenger |
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| Title: |
Amtrak 2438 |
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| Photo Date: |
7/9/2018 Upload Date: 7/4/2018 7:57:30 PM |
| Location: |
Chehalis, WA |
| Author: |
Joseph C. |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Passenger |
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| Title: |
Locomotives Northwest Limited 301 |
| Description: |
Anybody know the original identity of this car? |
| Photo Date: |
7/9/2018 Upload Date: 7/4/2018 9:45:10 PM |
| Location: |
Chehalis, WA |
| Author: |
Joseph C. |
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Roster,RollingStock,Yard |
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| Title: |
UP #1407 PACIFIC CASTLE |
| Description: |
RE-UPLOAD due to missing file. UP Pullman Plan #9521 10RM-6DB sleeper #1407 PACIFIC CASTLE (Budd, Lot #9660-039, 1950) 12-1971 to Amtrak #2605, converted to HEP in 1980 as #2438, sold in 2002 to American Orient Express, moved to storage at AOE shops at Western Junction, WA, planned for use in second trainset, plans cancelled, car resold in 2008, later moved to storage in Chehalis. EXIF: 6:35 PM, f/3.3 @ 1/30, ISO-125 |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/2021 Upload Date: 1/8/2025 5:36:40 AM |
| Location: |
Chehalis, WA |
| Author: |
Ted Brumberg |
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Passenger |
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| Title: |
UP #1407 PACIFIC CASTLE |
| Description: |
RE-UPLOAD due to missing file. UP Pullman Plan #9521 10RM-6DB sleeper #1407 PACIFIC CASTLE (Budd, Lot #9660-039, 1950) 12-1971 to Amtrak #2605, converted to HEP in 1980 as #2438, sold in 2002 to American Orient Express, moved to storage at AOE shops at Western Junction, WA, planned for use in second trainset, plans cancelled, car resold in 2008, later moved to storage in Chehalis. EXIF: 6:35 PM, f/3.3 @ 1/30, ISO-160 |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/2021 Upload Date: 1/8/2025 5:37:11 AM |
| Location: |
Chehalis, WA |
| Author: |
Ted Brumberg |
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Passenger |
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19 Comments: 0 |
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