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North Carolina D.O.T. Coach #400003
Charlotte, NC
 
September 25th, 2016
 
Piedmont Service #74
 
North Carolina D.O.T.
 
Pullman-Standard
1965
Kansas City Southern Railway
 
CNW 5340, NJT 5340
KCS 270
Digital Photo
 
Canon EOS 70D
 
Canon 17-40mm EF
f4.0L Zoom Lens
f8.0 @ 1/125th sec
ISO 200



848-1312




Built by Pullman-Standard in 1965 for the Kansas City Southern Railway and numbered 270. Later owned by New Jersey Transit and renumbered 5340. Later to the Chicago & Northwestern Railway and renumbered 5340. Now a 66 seat coach under NCDOT ownership, refurbished for the NCDOT by the Delaware Car Company, numbered 400003 and named "Honey Bee". Historical information about this car provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com and the North Carolina Department Of Transportation