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Passenger Trains > pass cars in Plymouth flDate: 09/19/17 16:52 pass cars in Plymouth fl Author: bobgfla 6 car train 3 ic RR 1 NYC diner 1 n and w coach and 1 ???? coach . these are on Fla central tracks just north of there office and shop in Plymouth Fla. any idea way there here and who thay belong to ???
Date: 09/19/17 16:54 Re: pass cars in Plymouth fl Author: bobgfla Date: 09/19/17 17:25 Re: pass cars in Plymouth fl Author: cozephyr In October 2016 believe dome car Jackson Square was operated by Iowa Pacific on their Grenada RR at Horn Lake, Mississippi. Has Jackson Square dome been sold?
Date: 09/19/17 17:36 Re: pass cars in Plymouth fl Author: tenthovi These are cars for a new tourist train operator known as the Orlando & Northwestern Railway (The Royal Palm
Railway Experience). https://www.thefloridatrain.com/home https://www.facebook.com/pg/TheFloridaTrain/about/?ref=page_internal Chris Date: 09/19/17 17:36 Re: Passenger cars in Plymouth, Florida Author: cozephyr Forwarding info-N&W sleeper-turned-commuter coach Emory and Henry College (Budd, Lot #9660-033, Plan #9523, 1949, to PRR Class P85M 72 seat coach-12 seat smoker #1488 in 1964 [no name] in Budd Lot #9621-380, to PC #1488, to Conrail #1488, to Maryland DOT #1409, to MARC #109 Emory and Henry College, sold in 2001 to Southwest GA RR Excursion Authority/SAM Shortline/Heart of Georgia RR [SWGX] #109, leased [when??] to Inland Lakes RY/Florida Rail Adventures, sold in 2013 to TVRM), now in service as MRLX #1488 Emory and Henry College and leased to Iowa Pacific in Chocolate & Orange (likely vinyl). Question: did plans/priorities change at TVRM, and the decision was made to also sell the #1480 and #1488 to MRLX along with the #1498, or do these 2 carry said reporting marks for another reason?
NYC 44 seat grill diner #466 (Budd, Lot #9644-004, 1948, to PC #4566, to Amtrak in 1973 as #8338, to HEP diner #8514 in 1980, stored in 2007? and sold that same year? to MRLX #8514), now renumbered to MRLX #466 and leased to Iowa Pacific in Chocolate & Orange (also likely a vinyl application). N&W sleeper-turned-commuter coach Ohio State University (Budd, Lot #9660-033, Plan #9523, 1949, to PRR Class P85M 72 seat coach-6 seat snack bar #1498 in 1964 [no name] in Budd Lot #9621-380, to PC #3240, to Conrail #3240, to Maryland DOT #1414, to MARC #105 Ohio State University, sold in 2001 to Southwest GA RR Excursion Authority/SAM Shortline/Heart of Georgia RR [SWGX] #105, leased [when??] to Inland Lakes RY/Florida Rail Adventures, sold in 2013 to TVRM, to MRLX #1498 Ohio State University, painted in N&W Tuscan Red with N&W lettering), has been used on TVRM and NS steam trips, still in Tuscan Red paint. Question: is the #1498 just under temporary lease to Iowa Pacific? Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/19/17 17:41 by cozephyr. Date: 09/19/17 17:44 Re: pass cars in Plymouth fl Author: Carondelet cozephyr Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > In October 2016 believe dome car Jackson Square > was operated by Iowa Pacific on their Grenada RR > at Horn Lake, Mississippi. Has Jackson Square > dome been sold? It's hard to sell equipment you don't own.... This equipment was leased by Iowa Pacific, and was recently turned back to the lessor/owner. The new Lessee is the Orlando & Northwestern Railway/Royal Palm Rail Experience in Tavares, FL. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/19/17 17:46 by Carondelet. Date: 09/20/17 08:09 Re: pass cars in Plymouth fl Author: joemvcnj It looks to me "Jackson Square" was one of the dozen Amtrak (NP or GN) dome coaches that made it to the Heritage conversion. The Amfleet style escape windows are there.
What was the purpose of the protruding canopy over the small side window ? Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/20/17 08:11 by joemvcnj. Date: 09/20/17 09:32 Re: pass cars in Plymouth fl Author: retcsxcfm joemvcnj Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > > What was the purpose of the protruding canopy over > the small side window ? I am not sure,but is on all the cars built new. Major modifications made to those coach windows.As originally built they were either PRR 21RMT or NW cars.When rebuilt into coaches the windows and spacing were not changed.Thus some coach passengers looked at side walls,instead of outside. Uncle Joe Seffner,Fl. Date: 09/20/17 12:13 Re: pass cars in Plymouth fl Author: Raja They'd better get those cars in a secure area before the vandals get to them first!
Date: 09/20/17 12:57 Re: pass cars in Plymouth fl Author: Jimbo The three non-dome cars pictured are former Norfolk and Western Railway 10 Roomette-6 Double Bedroom sleeping cars sold to the Pennsylvania for conversion by Budd to coaches about the end of 1963 or early 1964. I saw many of them in service in 1963 as sleeping cars. In picture number two you can see the two double windows that were added by Budd to increase visibility between where the Roomettes and Bedrooms were, one replacing a Bedroom window and one replacing a Roomette window.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/20/17 13:05 by Jimbo. Date: 09/20/17 15:07 Re: pass cars in Plymouth fl Author: Carondelet joemvcnj Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > It looks to me "Jackson Square" was one of the > dozen Amtrak (NP or GN) dome coaches that made it > to the Heritage conversion. The Amfleet style > escape windows are there. > > What was the purpose of the protruding canopy over > the small side window ? The protruding canopy over the small window is an air vent for the the restrooms, which are located in the center of the car. Date: 09/21/17 10:04 Re: pass cars in Plymouth fl Author: retcsxcfm Raja Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > They'd better get those cars in a secure area > before the vandals get to them first! The cars are next to busy US 441 and near the shops and office. Don't know if that is safe enough in this day and age. Uncle Joe |