BNSF JAMES
AAR Classification
Misc Cars
Company service car, including office cars, instruction cars, display cars, etc.
Manufacturer & Build Information
Capacity Specifications
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JAMES J. HILL (#800328), ex-BN #A9 MERAMEC RIVER, exx-SLSF #2, exxx-ST. LOUIS, exxxx-40 seat diner #646, nee-62 seat coach #1086, AC&F, 1912/43/51
Photo Gallery
RE-UPLOAD due to missing file. SLSF modernized heavyweight business car SAINT LOUIS, ex-40 seat diner #646, nee-62-seat coach #1086 (AC&F, January 1912), rebuilt to diner as #646 in 1943, rebuilt to business car as SAINT LOUIS in January 1951, to #2 in January 1963, to BN via merger as #A9 MERAMEC RIVER (#800328), now on display at BNSF HQ in Fort Worth as the JAMES J. HILL. Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate Kodachrome 35mm slide. Date, location, and photographer are unknown.
Frisco heavyweight business car #2. Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate Ektachrome 35mm slide. Date, location, and photographer are unknown.
BN modernized heavyweight business car #A9/#800328 MERAMEC RIVER, built by AC&F in 1912 as Frisco 62 seat coach #1086, rebuilt in 1943 to 40 seat diner #646, rebuilt in 1951 to business car ST. LOUIS (with 3 staterooms and a total of 15 seats in the dining room and lounge observation), later to #2, to BN via merger as #A9/#800328 MERAMEC RIVER, now on display at BNSF headquarters in Fort Worth as the JAMES J. HILL. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome 35mm slide.
Built in 1912 by AC&F as SLSF 62 seat coach #1086, rebuilt in 1943 to 40 seat diner #646, rebuilt in 1951 to business car ST. LOUIS, later to #2 (2nd), to BN #A9 MERAMEC RIVER, to #800328, now on display at BNSF Headquarters in Fort Worth as the JAMES J. HILL. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome 35mm slide.
A rare Texas snowstorm blankets the BNSF main campus.
A rare Texas snowstorm blankets the BNSF main campus.
A rare Texas snowstorm blankets the BNSF main campus.
