| RE-UPLOAD due to missing file. Amtrak 10 roomette-6 double bedroom (10RM-6DB) sleeper #2438 PACIFIC CASTLE in the consist of westbound train #41, the BROADWAY LIMITED, in Harrisburg. Built by Budd in January 1950 in Lot #9660-039 to Pullman Plan #9522 as UP PACIFIC CASTLE, 1 of 50 PACIFIC-series cars built in that Lot, which was ordered in February 1948; cars were delivered between December 1949 and June 1950. Besides PACIFIC EMPIRE, which was wrecked in 1951, the other 49 cars were assigned #14xx-series numbers in 1969, the PACIFIC CASTLE was assigned #1407, which was not applied. 5 cars were sold to the Milwaukee Road in 1969, 1 car was retained by UP, and the other 43 cars were sold to Amtrak in 1971 as #2600-#2642, PACIFIC CASTLE as #2605. Besides 3 which were wrecked during Amtraks first decade, the remaining 40 cars were converted to head end power (HEP) in 3 batches, the 3rd group of 12 cars were converted in 1980-1981 (with 1 roomette combined with the porters room as an ADA room), including PACIFIC CASTLE, which was converted to HEP #2438 in September 1980. The car was retired in November 2002. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome 35mm slide. |