Western Railroad Discussion > Stanislaus on the move.

Heads up for Eastbound move.
Today in Los Angeles in the Los Angeles Junction Railway, the LACBAR - Los Angeles Commerce to Barstow manifest train has this passenger car as a rear rider. 
Does anyone know the story?
 

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This car was rescued off the NWP in 2008, about 10 minutes before being cut up for scrap.  It was moved to a private spur track on the LA Junction RY in the City of Commerce, CA at that time.  Last fall, it was sold to the Friends of the 4449.  It was one of the Shasta Daylight coaches that was on the World's Fair Daylight in 1984.  It would have moved to Oregon this past July, but with all the fires in Northern CA, and then the time it took to make repairs to the former WP Inside Gateway route, it's just now heading to it's new home on the Albany and Eastern in Albany, OR. It still has the original SP interior, as it was never refurbished by Amtrak.  It is the former Amtrak 7511, built by P-S in 1949.

Is that plywood covering two of the windows below "Southern" in that first photo of the car?   Kind of hard to tell on the monitor I'm using.   Glad to hear it's going to a good home.  

Thank you for the good information. It was a nice surprise to see today. Yes, that is plywood covering the windows. 
The other side looks like this:

 

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Topfuel Wrote:
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> This car was rescued off the NWP in 2008, about 10 minutes before being cut up for scrap.  It was moved to a private spur track on the LA Junction
> RY in the City of Commerce, CA at that time. Last fall, it was sold to the Friends of the 4449.  It was one of the Shasta Daylight coaches
> that was on the World's Fair Daylight in 1984. It would have moved to Oregon this past July, but with all the fires in Northern CA, and then the
> time it took to make repairs to the former WP Inside Gateway route, it's just now heading to it's new home on the Albany and Eastern in Albany,
> OR. It still has the original SP interior, as it was never refurbished by Amtrak.  It is the former Amtrak 7511, built by P-S in 1949.

This is great news.  I rode in that car on the McCloud, eons ago.  Thanks for the rest of the story.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/17/21 09:46 by Goatboat.

Nice catch Brian. Glad I didn't get called for that one. LOL

Thanks. Just happened to be at the right place at the right time. 
Jesse, seen in the photos, had to take the shove about two miles hanging off the end of that car and was none too happy about it. 
I sure would like to see it when restored. 

Car has been sitting in Barstow adjacent to the hump for a few days now. 

Topfuel Wrote:
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> This car was rescued off the NWP in 2008, about 10
> minutes before being cut up for scrap.  It was
> moved to a private spur track on the LA Junction
> RY in the City of Commerce, CA at that time. 
> Last fall, it was sold to the Friends of the
> 4449.  It was one of the Shasta Daylight coaches
> that was on the World's Fair Daylight in 1984. 
> It would have moved to Oregon this past July, but
> with all the fires in Northern CA, and then the
> time it took to make repairs to the former WP
> Inside Gateway route, it's just now heading to
> it's new home on the Albany and Eastern in Albany,
> OR. It still has the original SP interior, as it
> was never refurbished by Amtrak.  It is the
> former Amtrak 7511, built by P-S in 1949.

Good to see this saved and going to a great home. I assume the other cars that were there got cut up unfortunately? If so, how many?

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