| Title: |
Amtrak #2053 TONAWANDA HARBOR |
| Description: |
Amtrak 16 duplex roomette-10 double roomette (16DXR-10DRM) Sleepercoach (Slumbercoach) #2053 TONAWANDA HARBOR. Built by Budd in June 1949 in Lot #9661-023 for NYC as the Pullman Plan #9501 22 roomette (22RM) sleeper #10380 TONAWANDA HARBOR (NYC Lot #2199), rebuilt in 1961 in Lot #9691-260 as Sleepercoach #10817 (name removed), to PC #4207, sold to Amtrak in 1971 as #2005, converted to head end power (HEP) in 1979 as #2053 (name restored), retired in 1996 and subsequently sold to Colorado Railcar for the planned MARLBORO UNLIMITED (for use as a crew dormitory), MARLBORO UNLIMITED was later cancelled and the car was stored at their shops in Denver, listed for sale on Ozark Mountain Railcar, acquired by Daniel Quiat. Seen here on train #48, the eastbound LAKE SHORE LIMITED. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome 35mm slide. |
| Photo Date: |
6/21/1988 Upload Date: 4/4/2016 6:44:53 AM |
| Location: |
East Syracuse, NY |
| Author: |
Don Jilson/John C. Benson Collection |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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