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Norfolk & Western Coach #1498
Corning, NY
  
August 2nd, 2015
 
The Erie Limited
NS Train 957
Norfolk & Western
 
Canon EOS 70D

Pullman-Standard
1948
Pennsylvania Railroad

SWGX 105 - MARC 105 - MDOT 1414
PC 3240 - PRR 1498
Mid-America Railcar Leasing

Tamron (Canon) 17-50mm
VC f2.8 Zoom Lens
  Built in 1948 for the Pennsylvania Railroad as a 10 Roomette-6 Double Bedroom Sleeper and numbered 1498. The car was later converted to a coach. Under Penn Central ownership, the car was renumbered 3240. Under Maryland Department Of Transportation ownership, the car was numbered 1414. Later operated by MARC and numbered 105. Eventually owned by the Southwest Georgia Railroad Excursion Authority and also numbered 105. The car was sold to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in 2013. Most recently, it was acquired by Mid-America Railcar Leasing. Today, the car is lettered for Norfolk & Western and named "Ohio State University" and is numbered 1498 which is its original Pennyslvania Railroad number. Historical information about this car provided byJerry Laboda's Passenger Car Photo Index, Railway Preservation News, and Trainorders.com. 
f6.3 @1/320th sec
ISO 160
749-2337


Corning, NY
  
August 2nd, 2015
 
The Erie Limited
NS Train 957
Norfolk & Western
 
Pullman-Standard
1948
Pennsylvania Railroad

SWGX 105 - MARC 105 - MDOT 1414
PC 3240 - PRR 1498
Mid-America Railcar Leasing

Canon EOS 70D

Tamron (Canon) 17-50mm
VC f2.8 Zoom Lens
f2.8 @1/40th sec
ISO 100

744-2039


  A spotting feature that this car was once a sleeping car would be the smaller windows it features in addition to the larger ones towards the center of the car. Historical information about this car provided byJerry Laboda's Passenger Car Photo Index, Railway Preservation News, and Trainorders.com.