Nostalgia & History > Sleeper Saturday: Glen Crag, Glen Alta & Glen Meadow

Between October and December 1925, Pullman constructed a total of 40 sleepers to Plan #3523A in Lot #4922, with 6 compartments and 3 drawing rooms (6C-3DR), and all placed in the Glen name series. 5 were built for assignment to the AT&SF, 7 for assignment to the Overland Limited, and the remainder (28) for general service. Here are 3 such examples from this Lot, all retained by Pullman at the 12/31/1948 divestiture, and all taken by Dick Kuelbs in Dallas in the early 60's, after the cars had been repainted to the Two-Tone Gray (TTG) scheme.

Glen Crag, December 21st, 1962. Glen Crag was painted in SAL colors in October 1951, was changed to TTG in December 1954, and was sold for scrap to Midwest Steel in September 1964.

Glen Alta, September 16th, 1962. Glen Alta was painted in TTG in June 1953, was sold in October 1965 to Jack Ferris' Private RR Cars, Inc., was later resold to Royal American Shows as RASX #81, later became part of the Illinois RY Museum collection, was intended for sale to Iowa Pacific as SLRG #9171, but never left IRM property.

Glen Meadow, December 25th, 1961. Glen Meadow was 1 of the 7 built for the Overland Limited, was painted in TTG in June 1953, and was sold for scrap to Hyman-Michaels in September 1966.

Here's a link to the previous post in this series, of SAL New Portage: https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,4272378

Here's a link to the following post in this series, of Lake Jackson, Lake Cadillac, and Lake Phalen: https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,5081147

Sources:

1. "The Complete Roster of Heavyweight Pullman Cars" by Robert J. Wayner (Wayner Publications, 1985)

2. "Passenger Car Catalog: Pullman Operated Equipment, 1912-1949" by William W. Kratville (Kratville Publications, 1968)

3. Tom Madden's Pullman Project CCR database: http://pullmanproject.com/Database.htm

4. "Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Vol. 33: Pullman Heavyweight Sleepers, Part IV: The Color Photographs by Dick Kuelbs" (RP CYC Publishing Co., 2016)

I highly recommend the last source listed, an excellent pictorial "cross section" of what the Pullman heavyweight fleet looked like in its later years, jammed with hundreds of slides taken by Mr. Kuelbs, way more than those of his that I have in my own collection.



Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 09/19/20 23:13 by Rainier_Rails.

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Was good that Glen Alta remained at IRM.
Thanks for yor interesting posting.
ALLEN