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NYC Business Car #3, "Portland" |
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The open vestibule must have served as a wonderful platform for arrivals of celebrities, tyconns and political personalities when traveling on NYC #3. |
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5/14/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 10:04:20 AM |
| Location: |
Pullman, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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RollingStock,Passenger |
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| Title: |
NYC Business Car #3, "Portland" |
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Here is another view of the open vestibule on the business car. Note also the single highly placed marker light above the vestibule. |
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5/14/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 10:04:29 AM |
| Location: |
Pullman, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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RollingStock,Passenger |
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| Title: |
NYC Business Car #3, "Portland" |
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When the vestibule gate is closed, this lighted drumhead would be visible on this business car. This one touts the "Empire State Express" train and would have been used when the car was in the train when it traveled from New York City to Buffalo. |
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5/14/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 10:04:49 AM |
| Location: |
Pullman, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
NYC Business Car #3, "Portland" |
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The nicely restored parlor was restored by a private owner in 1992 to its 1930's appearance. |
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5/14/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 10:05:20 AM |
| Location: |
Pullman, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
NYC Business Car #3, "Portland" |
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This massive dining room buffet would have faced a wood burning fireplace that was removed at a much earlier date. |
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5/14/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 10:06:36 AM |
| Location: |
Pullman, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
NYC Business Car #3, "Portland" |
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Sporting much newer appliances like an air conditioner and automatic coffee pot, the galley kitchen still maintains much of its original cabinetry. |
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5/14/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 10:06:47 AM |
| Location: |
Pullman, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
NYC Business Car #3, "Portland" |
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Interesting use of bungy cords to hold items in place on the open shelves when the car is flying down the track. The car has been revamped to meet Amtrak's 110 mph speed requirements. Bet the contents on these shelves move quite a bit at that speed! |
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5/14/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 10:07:02 AM |
| Location: |
Pullman, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
NYC Business Car #3, "Portland" |
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Nice example of Pullman upper and lower bunk beds with the wooden ladder for access. |
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5/14/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 10:07:19 AM |
| Location: |
Pullman, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
NYC Business Car #3, "Portland" |
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Obviously not original, this namecard on one of the bedroom doors is for the only daughter of William Vanderbilt and Alva Smith. Does add a charm to the car and evokes the vast Vanderbit family history. |
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5/14/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 10:07:35 AM |
| Location: |
Pullman, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
NYC Business Car #3, "Portland" |
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Much nicer than more standard Pullman bedrooms, this cabin contains cabintry and shelving above the single bed. |
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5/14/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 10:07:49 AM |
| Location: |
Pullman, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
NYC Business Car #3, "Portland" |
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This view is looking through the "Jack and Jill" shared bathroom between two bedrooms on the car. |
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5/14/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 10:08:06 AM |
| Location: |
Pullman, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
NYC Business Car #3, "Portland" |
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Another bedroom is more in the style of later roomettes with facing daychairs converting into a lower berth and the upper berth dropping down from the side. |
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5/14/2022 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 10:08:30 AM |
| Location: |
Pullman, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
The New York Central No. 3 |
| Description: |
Bringing up the markers |
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5/17/2022 Upload Date: 12/10/2022 9:26:39 PM |
| Location: |
Buffalo, NY |
| Author: |
Jonathan Hinely |
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Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action |
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| Title: |
NYC 3 |
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bring up the markers was New York Central Portland, a heavyweight open-end observation car built in 1928 for Harold Sterling Vanderbilt. It hung around as an officer car for the NYC, then was re-numbered as Penn Central #4 around 1968 and subsequently as Conrail #1 for their Office Car Specials. In 1978, the car was sold to a private railroad enthusiast who simply stored the car for 10 years. It was then purchased by a freight car rebuilding shop in Jacksonville, FL and was fully restored and upgraded mechanically in the early 1990s so as to qualify for 110 mph travel on Amtrak. It has undergone significant improvements annually ever since. The present owner obtained the car in 1992, and, with the aid of original Pullman builders photographs supplied with the car, remodeled it to "approximately 1930's appearance with Y2K mechanics and conveniences." The floor plan is as originally designed with the exception that the working tile fireplace in the dining room was removed during a major renovation following World War II. Since 1992, the car has traveled more than 300,000 miles, crossing the entire United States and Canada a number of times. |
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6/15/2024 Upload Date: 6/18/2024 10:49:21 AM |
| Location: |
Canandaigua, NY |
| Author: |
Nicholas Dixon |
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| Title: |
NYC 3 |
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The "Portland" had an Empire State Express drumhead on it for this trip. |
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6/15/2024 Upload Date: 6/18/2024 10:53:51 AM |
| Location: |
Canandaigua, NY |
| Author: |
Nicholas Dixon |
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