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AMTK 3631 "General Lafayette" (Ex PC 7131, ne PRR 7131, to AMTK 3123) |
Description: |
GENERAL LAFAYETTE was a Pullman Plan 9526 parlor car built by Budd in December 1951 as Pennsylvania Railroad 7131. It had 29 parlor seats and a drawing room, and was one of 16 such cars built for service on the SENATOR and CONGRESSIONAL. The cars subsequently received a food service galley, and retained their same numbers on the Penn Central. Amtrak subsequently remodeled it into 46-seat lounge 3324 in 1976, and was later rebuilt into HEP lounge 3123. After retirement, the car went to an emergency response training facility in Mississippi. (approximate month) |
Photo Date: |
5/5/1976 Upload Date: 8/16/2011 3:38:29 PM |
Location: |
Stamford, CT |
Author: |
Henry Frick |
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RollingStock,Passenger |
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Title: |
AMTK 3631 "General Lafayette" (Ex PC 7131, ne PRR 7131, to AMTK 3123) |
Description: |
GENERAL LAFAYETTE was a Pullman Plan 9526 parlor car built by Budd in December 1951 as Pennsylvania Railroad 7131. It had 29 parlor seats and a drawing room, and was one of 16 such cars built for service on the SENATOR and CONGRESSIONAL. The cars subsequently received a food service galley, and retained their same numbers on the Penn Central. Amtrak subsequently remodeled it into 46-seat lounge 3324 in 1976, and was later rebuilt into HEP lounge 3123. After retirement, the car went to an emergency response training facility in Mississippi. (approximate month) |
Photo Date: |
10/10/1976 Upload Date: 8/16/2011 3:41:01 PM |
Location: |
Stamford, CT |
Author: |
Henry Frick |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
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563 Comments: 0 |
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