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Owner: AAPRCO Register Private Cars
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
User Notes:   West Wind

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BN #A9 MERAMEC RIVER
Title:  BN #A9 MERAMEC RIVER
Description:  Built in 1912 by AC&F as SLSF 62 seat coach #1086, rebuilt in 1943 to 40 seat diner #646, rebuilt in 1951 to business car ST. LOUIS, later to #2 (2nd), to BN #A9 MERAMEC RIVER, to #800328, now on display at BNSF Headquarters in Fort Worth as the JAMES J. HILL. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome 35mm slide.
Photo Date:  1/4/1981  Upload Date: 3/11/2016 2:32:25 PM
Location:  Springfield, MO
Author:  J. Harlen Wilson/Gregory J. Sommers Collection
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  741   Comments: 0
BN #A9 MERAMEC RIVER
Title:  BN #A9 MERAMEC RIVER
Description:  BN modernized heavyweight business car #A9/#800328 MERAMEC RIVER, built by AC&F in 1912 as Frisco 62 seat coach #1086, rebuilt in 1943 to 40 seat diner #646, rebuilt in 1951 to business car ST. LOUIS (with 3 staterooms and a total of 15 seats in the dining room and lounge observation), later to #2, to BN via merger as #A9/#800328 MERAMEC RIVER, now on display at BNSF headquarters in Fort Worth as the JAMES J. HILL. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome 35mm slide.
Photo Date:  9/1/1985  Upload Date: 11/28/2016 10:23:38 PM
Location:  North Kansas City, MO
Author:  John C. Benson
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  710   Comments: 0
The West Wind
Title:  The West Wind
Description:  WRS 10 or PPCX 800328
Photo Date:  6/14/1986  Upload Date: 1/23/2010 3:38:12 PM
Location:  Burnham, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  2117   Comments: 1
SLSF #2
Title:  SLSF #2
Description:  Frisco heavyweight business car #2. Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate Ektachrome 35mm slide. Date, location, and photographer are unknown.
Photo Date:  12/8/2014  Upload Date: 8/4/2017 8:33:39 PM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  Unknown/John C. Benson Collection
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  63   Comments: 0
SLSF SAINT LOUIS
Title:  SLSF SAINT LOUIS
Description:  RE-UPLOAD due to missing file. SLSF modernized heavyweight business car SAINT LOUIS, ex-40 seat diner #646, nee-62-seat coach #1086 (AC&F, January 1912), rebuilt to diner as #646 in 1943, rebuilt to business car as SAINT LOUIS in January 1951, to #2 in January 1963, to BN via merger as #A9 MERAMEC RIVER (#800328), now on display at BNSF HQ in Fort Worth as the JAMES J. HILL. Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate Kodachrome 35mm slide. Date, location, and photographer are unknown.
Photo Date:  12/8/2014  Upload Date: 1/1/2025 11:29:03 PM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  Unknown/John C. Benson Collection
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  13   Comments: 0


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