Charlotte, NC |
September 25th, 2016 |
Piedmont Service #74 |
North Carolina D.O.T. |
Pullman-Standard 1965 |
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Kansas City Southern Railway |
CNW 425, NJT 5344 KCS 274 |
Digital Photo |
Canon EOS 70D |
Canon 17-40mm EF f4.0L Zoom Lens |
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f8.0 @ 1/250th sec ISO 125 |
848-1320 |
Built by Pullman-Standard in 1965 for the Kansas City Southern Railway and numbered 274. Later owned by New Jersey Transit and renumbered 5344. Later to the Chicago & Northwestern Railway and renumbered 425. Now a 66 seat coach under NCDOT ownership, refurbished for the NCDOT by the Delaware Car Company, numbered 400002 and named "Dogwood". Historical information about this car provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com and the North Carolina Department Of Transportation. |
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