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2/15/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Pullman
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
PULL Class:   Diagram165
User Notes:   EMBASSY, 26 seat parlor-1DR-observation, Lot #6065, Plan #3957B/J, 1927/54, AMBASSADOR, sold 1945 to WAB, 1954 to Plan #3957J 37 seat parlor-observation CITY OF WABASH, to N&W 1964, to private owner(s) #800014 SAN ESTEBAN, to Keokuk Junction RY #1 CHIEF KEOKUCK, to GCRY, to New Orleans Public Belt diner lounge observation LOUISIANA

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WAB CITY OF WABASH
Title:  WAB CITY OF WABASH
Description:  Pullman Plan #3957B/J 37 seat parlor observation CITY OF WABASH, ex-26 seat parlor-1DR EMBASSY. Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate 35mm slide, brand is unknown. Photographer is unknown.
Photo Date:  10/27/1956  Upload Date: 12/20/2024 10:24:10 PM
Location:  Logansport, IN
Author:  Unknown/Charlys Slides Collection/Louis Fols Collection
Categories:  Passenger
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WAB CITY OF WABASH
Title:  WAB CITY OF WABASH
Description:  WAB Pullman modernized heavyweight 37 seat parlor-observation CITY OF WABASH (ex-EMBASSY) (Lot #6065, Plan #3957B/J, April 1927), built for assignment to the B&M's AMBASSADOR (with 26 seats), said assignment lasted until June 1941, reassigned to the Monon in October 1942, sold to the WAB at the 12/31/1945 Pullman parlor divestiture, renamed to CITY OF WABASH in May 1954 (and modernized at same date), retired in August 1956 and later sold to James Seacrest as the SAN ESTEBAN, later resold to the Keokuk Junction RY as the #1 CHIEF KEOKUCK, later resold to the Grand Canyon RY, later resold to the New Orleans Public Belt and rebuilt by Pete Messina as diner LOUISIANA, resold in 2022 to the Iowa Northern RY as the SHELL ROCK RIVER, to CN via merger in 2023. Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate Ektachrome 35mm slide. Date, location, and photographer are unknown.
Photo Date:  12/8/2014  Upload Date: 12/22/2024 6:04:15 AM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  Unknown/Louis Fols Collection
Categories:  Passenger
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