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Owner: Norfolk & Western
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars

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PC 1487 (Ex PRR 1487, ne N&W "Roanoke College")
Title:  PC 1487 (Ex PRR 1487, ne N&W "Roanoke College")
Description:  Penn Central 84-seat coach 1487 was built by the Budd Co. in November 1949 as Norfolk & Western sleeper ROANOKE COLLEGE. It was one of 20 Plan 9523 10-roomette/6-double-bedroom N&W cars in Budd Lot 9660. All of these were sold to the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1963, which remodeled them into coaches 1480-1499. This car retained its same number on the Penn Central, and was sold to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania at Strasburg in 1978. (approximate month)
Photo Date:  8/8/1975  Upload Date: 8/17/2011 4:55:19 PM
Location:  Stamford, CT
Author:  Henry Frick
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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