Western Railroad Discussion > AT&SF 208918 Sleeper Whereisit and history

Another easy one.

Enjoy

SPMT19

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outstanding in it's field ;)

That's a former ATSF Hwt Chair car. Location unknown
Charlie
MP 53 on the BNSF Topeka Sub

I think this is located on the sunset route east of Yuma AZ and before you get to Mohawk Valley
I do a lot of atv riding and I have seen this coach or one like in this area...jb

Last service was in a work train...

My bet is that its on the Cadiz - Mathie line on the A&C

Maybe on the Blythe-Ripley district, which by the way is going to be torn up.

When I photographed that carbody back on June 7, 1994, I labeled the slide "along I-25 south of San Marcial, NM." In terms of present population centers, that would be somewhere between San Antonio and Truth or Consequences, NM, probably about exit 115.

By the way, I believe that's actually 203918. Compare the third digit to the sixth and you'll see that they are different. The ATSF 208XXX series work equipment cars were tool cars (mostly gondolas, if my handful of 80's-era photos are representative) while 203XXX series cars were "bunk and boarding" cars.