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Preserved Great Northern Sleeping Cars
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BUILT |
GN# 1st |
GN# 2nd |
DISPOSITION |
CURRENT OWNER |
LOCATION |
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Pullman 'John McLoughlin' |
Photos taken October 25, 2004 |
8 Section, 1 Drawing Room, 2 Compartment heavyweight sleeping car | 1929 by Pullman for the Empire Builder |
Pullman 'John McLouglin' Received A/C on 6/1/1936 and was thereafter assigned to Pullman's general Pool service |
- | Sold to Illinois Central 12/31/1948 and leased back to Pullman. Withdrawn from lease 2/15/1962 and converted to MOW bunk car. Sold to the Keokuk Junction Railway in the early 1980's. To IRM summer 2000. | Illinois Railway Museum | Union, IL | Mostly original inside. Undergoing restoration | |||
SP&S 600 'Mount Hood' |
Photo taken November 2002 by Lindsay Korst |
6 Roomette, 3 Bedroom, Buffet Lounge car |
2/1950 by Pullman Standard for Spokane-Portland Empire Builder service |
SP&S 600 'Mount Hood'
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To BN (1205) 1970. Retired 1971. To PNWC-NRHS as SP&S 600, 1971 |
Pacific Northwest Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society
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Tigard, OR |
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SP&S 601 'Mount St. Helens' |
Photo taken May 1971 by James L. Abney |
6 Roomette, 3 Bedroom, Buffet Lounge car |
2/1950 by Pullman Standard for Spokane-Portland Empire Builder service |
SP&S 601 'Mount St. Helens'
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To BN (1206) 1970. Retired 1971. Sold to Arvid Benson, 1971(?). To Mike Gelhaus 19?? |
Mike Gelhaus |
Spokane, WA |
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SP&S 701 'Wapinitia Pass' |
Not available |
6 Roomette, 5 Bedroom, 2 Compartment sleeping car |
1951 by Pullman Standard for Empire Builder service |
SP&S 701 'Wapinitia Pass' |
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To BN (1385) 1970. Converted to bunk car BN 968212. Sold to NRM 1983. |
Snoqualmie, WA |
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CB&Q 1167 'Cut Bank Pass' |
Photo taken April 2004 by Eric Hopp |
4 Section, 8 Duplex Roomette, 4 Compartment sleeping car | 1946 by Pullman Standard |
CB&Q 1167 'Cut Bank Pass' |
- | Donated 1969 by CB&Q to TVRM | Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum | Chattanooga, TN | ||||
1175 'Oberlin Glacier' |
Washington Union Station January 20, 2005
Photo taken by R.P. Flynn |
16 Duplex Roomette, 4 Bedroom sleeping car |
1946 by Pullman Standard |
1175 'Oberlin Glacier' |
1198 'Manitoba Club' Rebuilt as 8-2 Sleeper Lounge for 'Winnipeg Limited' 1956 |
To BN (1198) 1970. Converted to BN Business Car 'St. Croix River' 1972. Retired 1981. To Northern Railcar Corp. (Bill Gardner) as the 'North Star' Converted to porch-end business car 1985. To St. Louis Car Company 1987. To John Wilson Cincinnati, OH 1988. To North Star Charters Cincinnati, OH 1990. To Ohio Railway Supply as FLNX 3, 2003. |
Ohio Railway Supply, Kent, OH. |
Orrville, OH Based at the Orrville Railroad Heritage Society |
Rebuilt and repainted for presidential campaign in 2004. | |||
CB&Q 1178 'Sperry Glacier' |
Not available |
16 Duplex Roomette, 4 Bedroom sleeping car |
1946 by Pullman Standard |
CB&Q 1178 'Sperry Glacier' |
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New Mexico |
Owned by a company operating into Mexico |
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GN 1182 'Agassiz Glacier' |
Not available |
16 Duplex Roomette, 4 Bedroom sleeping car |
1946 by Pullman Standard |
GN 1182 'Agassiz Glacier' |
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To BN (1182) 1970. Retired 1972. Donated to the State of Wyoming 1974. Donated to the City of Douglas 1993. |
Douglas Railroad Interpretive Center |
121 Brownfield Rd, Douglas, WY |
At the former C&NW (FE&MV) depot | |||
1260 'Skykomish River' |
Photo taken by John Suscheck of Ozark Mountain Railcar |
4 Section-7 Duplex Roomette-3 Double Bedroom-1 Compartment sleeping car |
1951 by Pullman Standard |
1260 'Skykomish River' Converted to 7 Duplex Roomette- 6 Bedroom-1 Compartment sleeping car 1963 |
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To BN (1260) 1970. Converted to business car - crew sleeper BNA-22 'Stevens Pass' 1976. To BNSF 69 'Stevens Pass'. To Ozark Mountain Railcar as OMRX 100 'Skykomish River' 6/2003 |
Forsyth, MO |
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1266 'Sheyenne River' |
Not available |
4 Section-7 Duplex Roomette-3 Double Bedroom-1 Compartment sleeping car |
11 or 12/1950 by Pullman Standard |
1266 'Sheyenne River' |
CB&Q 1266 'Sheyenne River'. Sold to CB&Q in the 1953 Empire Builder mileage equalization.
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Sandwich, MA |
Eric Wilde, owner |
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1269 'Poplar River' |
Photos taken October 24, 2004 |
4 Section-7 Duplex Roomette-3 Double Bedroom-1 Compartment sleeping car |
11 or 12/1950 by Pullman Standard |
1269 'Poplar River' |
CB&Q 1269 'Poplar River'. Sold to CB&Q in the 1953 Empire Builder mileage equalization.
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Green Bay, WI |
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1273 'Pend O'Reille River' |
Photo courtesy Dave Christoph |
4 Section-7 Duplex Roomette-3 Double Bedroom-1 Compartment sleeping car |
11 or 12/1950 by Pullman Standard |
1273 'Pend O'Reille River' |
CB&Q 1273 'Pend O'Reille River'. Sold to CB&Q in the 1953 Empire Builder mileage equalization. |
Lake Shore Railway Museum
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North East, PA |
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1384 'Lewis & Clark Pass' |
Photos taken October 14, 2004 |
6 Roomette-5 Bedroom-2 Compartment sleeping car |
1951 by Pullman Standard |
1384 'Lewis & Clark Pass' |
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To BN (1384) 1970. To Amtrak 2450 1972. To Private Owner 19?? To Thomas J. Jaite 8/2005 |
Thomas J. Jaite |
Bellevue, OH At the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum |
To be moved. To be restored and turned into a private car. |
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BN numbers were assigned but often not applied. Cars with BN numbers shown within brackets are not confirmed to have worn that number. | ||||||||||||
Copyright © 2005 Ben Ringnalda |