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Pennsylvania Railroad Coach #142
Corning, NY
  
August 2nd, 2015
 
The Erie Limited
NS Train 957
Pennsylvania
 
Canon EOS 70D

The Budd Company
1949
Pennsylvania Railroad
MARC 142, SEMTA 112,
PC 1537, PRR 1537, PRR 8258
Washington, DC Chapter -
National Railway Historical Society
Tamron (Canon) 17-50mm
VC f2.8 Zoom Lens
  Built in 1949 by Budd as a 21 roomette Sleeping Car, named "Franklin Inn" and numbered 8258. The Pennsylvania was in need of coaches to replace an aging fleet of coaches being used on the Northeast Corridor and with the 1964 Worlds Fair in New York coming up, this car was converted to a coach by Budd in 1963 and renumbered 1537. This car also featured a 12-seat lounge at the end of the car opposite the vestibule. Under Penn Central Ownership, the car kept its last PRR number 1537.
  Purchased in 1976 by the Southeast Michigan Transportation Authority, renamed "Pleasant Ridge" and numbered 112. SEMTA leased this car to Metro-North Railroad in 1984 and it operated there for a time. It's last career as a commuter coach came with MARC who rebuilt the car in 1994, placed the original Pennsylvania name on it and numbered it 142. MARC retired the car in 2001. In 2009, the Washington, DC Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society acquired the car. It became available for charters as an Amtrak-certified car in 2011. Historical information about this car provided by The Washington, DC Chapter - NRHS.
f8.0 @1/320th sec
ISO 160
749-2344


 

Corning, NY
  
August 2nd, 2015
 
The Erie Limited
NS Train 957
Pennsylvania
 
The Budd Company
1949
Pennsylvania Railroad
MARC 142, SEMTA 112,
PC 1537, PRR 1537, PRR 8258
Washington, DC Chapter -
National Railway Historical Society
Canon EOS 70D

Tamron (Canon) 17-50mm
VC f2.8 Zoom Lens
f2.8 @1/160th sec
ISO 100
744-2026

 
 The only evidence that this car was once a Sleeping Car would have to be the windows which are the normal size for most Budd sleepers. The fabric used in the seat cusions still says "MARC" on it in tiny print, which was a former owner of the car at one time. Historical information about this car provided by The Washington, DC Chapter - NRHS.