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Nostalgia & History > SP sleeper 9115 in OgdenDate: 11/24/22 10:00 SP sleeper 9115 in Ogden Author: gcm Sept 69
Ex-Golden Strand - a 4 dbl bedroom - 4 compartment - 2 drawing room car Built in March 1942 (thanks to PHall and davew833 for that info). Photo by Tom Gildersleeve Gary Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/24/22 11:58 by gcm.  Date: 11/24/22 10:09 Re: SP sleeper 9115 in Ogden Author: Notch7 That's a good look at a fine car. In the final years before Amtrak, so many SP sleepers roamed through the Carolinas as needed.
Date: 11/24/22 10:29 Re: SP sleeper 9115 in Ogden Author: davew833 I think that's actually a prewar car. Looks similar to UP's "Imperial" series of sleepers which were built in 1942.
Date: 11/24/22 10:34 Re: SP sleeper 9115 in Ogden Author: BoilingMan Nice! A sister car to SP 9111, the American Freedom Train's 201. I lived aboard the 9111/201 (Compartments C&D) during the last 3 or 4 months of the AFT tour.
SR Date: 11/24/22 10:42 Re: SP sleeper 9115 in Ogden Author: dan always liked any car that had more glass than normal, dreampt about watching the hillside from bed thru the little windows
Date: 11/24/22 10:57 Re: SP sleeper 9115 in Ogden Author: refarkas Interesting side shot - Good-looking car.
Bob Date: 11/24/22 11:24 Re: SP sleeper 9115 in Ogden Author: BoilingMan In (WAY) younger days we rode the Golden State in the Summer to visit family in Illinois (Phoenix to Joliet). I remember we always booked a Compartment. #4 picked up a 4-4-2 in Phoenix, and I remember waiting for our room to be made up, so I’m guessing this pick up car was the one we were in. Quite possibly this very same car- or the 9111 I later occupied on the AFT.
SR Date: 11/24/22 11:34 Re: SP sleeper 9115 in Ogden Author: PHall davew833 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I think that's actually a prewar car. Looks > similar to UP's "Imperial" series of sleepers > which were built in 1942. > Built 3/42 per Southern Pacific Passenger Cars, Volume 2: Sleepers & Baggage-Dorms. Date: 11/24/22 11:56 Re: SP sleeper 9115 in Ogden Author: gcm Thanks to davew833 and PHall for the date on the car.
I'll make a change. Gary Date: 11/24/22 14:45 Re: SP sleeper 9115 in Ogden Author: texchief1 Nice scan, Gary!
Happy Thanksgiving RC Lundgren Date: 11/24/22 14:58 Re: SP sleeper 9115 in Ogden Author: Topfuel dan Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > always liked any car that had more glass than > normal, dreampt about watching the hillside from > bed thru the little windows The upper berth windows were in the 4 Compartments. |