| Gordon Crosthwait's former AT&SF heavyweight café lounge observation #800178 LA CONDESA, exx-Tad Finlay/Finlay Fun Time Tours (FTX) #1 LA MARGUERITA DE ORO, nee-AT&SF #1512, 1 of 5 cars (#1508-#1512) built by Pullman in 1926 in Lot #4986. Based in San Diego and used by the San Diego Electric RY Association, then based at the siding near Angels Stadium in Anaheim, then donated by Crosthwait in June 2006 to the San Luis Obispo RR Museum and used on the Santa Maria Valley RR, moved to San Luis Obispo, renamed LA CUESTA in 2015. Santa Fe sold the car to Finlay in 1959, and Finlay resold the car to AAPRCO founding father Crosthwait in either 1970 or 1974. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an Identicolor 35mm slide. |