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North Carolina D.O.T. Bag/Lounge/Vending/Bike Car #400205
Charlotte, NC
 
September 25th, 2016
 
Piedmont Service #74
 
North Carolina D.O.T.
 
St. Louis Car Company
1953
United States Army
 
NCDOT 400102 - Haw River
FRA T6 
USAX 89541
 
Digital Photo
 
Canon EOS 70D
 
Canon 17-40mm EF
f4.0L Zoom Lens







f8.0 @ 1/125th sec
ISO 160







848-1321








Built by St. Louis Car in 1953 for the United States Army as an Army Ambulance Car and originally numbered 89541. Later owned by the Federal Railroad Administration and used as a track inspection car and numbered T6. Later to ownership of the State of North Carolina, the car was converted to a combine, renumbered 400102 and named "Haw River". Refurbished for the NCDOT by the Delaware Car Company into a Bag/Lounge/Vending/Bike car and renamed "Bogue Sound" and numbered 400205. Historical information about this car provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com and the North Carolina Department Of Transportation.