| CB&Q Pullman heavyweight sleeper #659 (ex-CLOVER VELDT) (Lot #4591, Plan #4036F, November 1920/February 1940, ex-Plan #2410F THURIO), built for assignment to the general service pool, rebuilt in 1940 and still assigned to the general service pool, assigned to the IC for October and November 1940, then assigned to the CB&Q beginning in April 1942, sold to the CB&Q at the 12/31/1948 Pullman divestiture as #643, to #659 (with name removed) in June 1954 (also repainted at that time to the "shadowline" scheme seen here), retired in August 1962 and sold for scrap in September 1964. Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate Ektachrome 35mm slide. Date, location, and photographer are unknown. |