Nostalgia & History > PRR heavyweight parlor-restaurant-lounge #7007 Lambs Club

As posted in bandob's "Remembering Pennsy heavyweights" thread: http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,3830358,3830773#3830773

The Lambs Club was built in 1929 in Lot #6289 to Plan #3992, 1 of 7 such cars built in that Lot for the Pennsy; all cars were outshopped in December.  These cars when built had 13 parlor chairs, a buffet (kitchen), a 12 seat dinette (2 4-seat tables and 2 2-seat tables), and a 16 seat lounge.  The floor arrangement was altered several times, each time resulting in a new suffix to the original Plan: #3992B, #3992C, etc.  Between August and October 1943, these cars were changed to Plan #3992G, with 12 parlor chairs, kitchen, 24 seat dinette (6 4-seat tables), and a 14 seat lounge.  Besides the Engineers Club, which was destroyed by fire at Philadelphia's Broad Street Station in September 1943, the remaining 6 cars were sold on 12/31/1945 to PRR as #7005-#7008 and #7011-#7012.  All 6 cars were withdrawn from Pullman lease in October 1956, and 3 cars were subsequently transferred to the MofW department; the #7007 as #492061.  2 additional cars were built in June 1930 to Plan #3992A, and were also sold to PRR on 12/31/45 as #7009-#7010, these 2 cars were also withdrawn from lease in October 1956, with one transferred to the MofW department.

The Lambs Club was later sold to the Midwest Railway Historical Foundation (MRHF), which began as the equipment-owning arm of the Midwest Chapter NRHS.  After splitting from the Chapter, MRHF became the Midwest Railway Preservation Society, and MRPS is based at the former B&O roundhouse/yard in Cleveland.  I recently acquired on eBay a Jay Brown slide of the Lambs Club as owned by MRHF in Cleveland on May 26th, 1991, although I don't know if the car is still extant, or if it is still owned by MRPS.  For those who are members of or frequently read the Railway Preservation News (RYPN) forum, you know that one of my ongoing projects is to search for and identify surviving Pullman heavyweights; so, can anyone from MRPS, or anyone who is otherwise familiar with their current collection, confirm or deny that the Lambs Club is still extant?  Thanks in advance!

 

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