| Burlington Route 5 compartment-6 double bedroom (5C-6DB) sleeper #451 SILVER QUAIL (Budd, Lot #9641-112, Pullman Plan #9534, July 1952, CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR), sold to Amtrak in 1971 as #2201, converted in 1983 to head end power (HEP) as #2220 (2nd), retired in 1995 and sold in 1997 to (presumably) Illinois Transit Assembly, which later became Gateway Coach, car is now owned by Mid America Railcar Leasing (MRLX) as #800712 and leased to Iowa Pacific, currently in IC colors with the name BELLEVILLE. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome 35mm slide. Date is approximate. Location is unknown. |