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Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
User Notes:   PACIFIC SANDS, 10RM-6DB sleeper, Budd, Lot #9660-039, Plan #9522, 1950, to AMTK #2630/HEP #2881/The Sleeper Line/LA Rail PPCX #800355

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UP 10-6 Sleeper 1437 "Pacific Sands"
Title:  UP 10-6 Sleeper 1437 "Pacific Sands"
Description:  Taken circa 1974.
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 4/16/2022 8:56:37 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tony Tahlman
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UP 1437
Title:  UP 1437
Description:  UP 1437 “Pacific Sands”; to Amtrak 2630, "Pacific Sands" in December 1971; converted to HEP (AMTK 2881) in June 1979, retired by Amtrak in 1996; sold for private service, based in Montreal; sold to Pullman Adventures in June 2003 for charter service, based in Los Angeles (Amtrak assigned number PPCX 800355)
Photo Date:  8/26/1974  Upload Date: 12/24/2016 4:01:18 PM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Passenger
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PPCX 800355
Title:  PPCX 800355
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Photo Date:  11/4/2009  Upload Date: 11/11/2009 10:42:19 PM
Location:  Saint Augustine, FL
Author:  G Gerard
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  963   Comments: 1
#800355 PACIFIC SANDS
Title:  #800355 PACIFIC SANDS
Description:  Built in 1950 by Budd in Lot #9660-039 to Plan #9522 as UP 10RM-6DB sleeper PACIFIC SANDS, 1 of 50 PACIFIC-series cars built in that Lot, which was ordered in February 1948; cars were delivered between December 1949 and June 1950. Besides PACIFIC EMPIRE, which was wrecked in 1951, the other 49 cars were assigned #14xx-series numbers in 1969, the PACIFIC SANDS was assigned #1437, which was applied in March 1970. 5 cars were sold to the Milwaukee Road in 1969, 1 car was retained by UP, and the other 43 cars were sold to Amtrak in 1971 as #2600-#2642, PACIFIC SANDS as #2630. Besides 3 which were wrecked during Amtraks first decade, the remaining 40 cars were converted to HEP in 3 batches, the 2nd group of 15 cars were converted in 1979-1980, including PACIFIC SANDS, which was converted to HEP #2881 in June 1979. The #2881 was sold in 1995 to private ownership. For more info, see Don Stracks website: http://utahrails.net/pass/named-lightweight-sleepers.php#sleeper-pacific-bay and this thread: http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=36575 1 of 28 private cars that arrived in Seattle over several days for the 2013 AAPRCO convention train to Napa, CA. EXIF: 1:29 PM, f/3 @ 1/500, ISO-100
Photo Date:  9/25/2013  Upload Date: 7/31/2014 10:11:48 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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#800355 PACIFIC SANDS
Title:  #800355 PACIFIC SANDS
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/22/2016  Upload Date: 5/20/2019 12:33:57 AM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  170   Comments: 0
#800355 PACIFIC SANDS & #800237 PALM LEAF
Title:  #800355 PACIFIC SANDS & #800237 PALM LEAF
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/22/2016  Upload Date: 5/20/2019 12:34:12 AM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  292   Comments: 0
The Southwest Chief
Title:  The Southwest Chief
Description:  With the Pacific Sands and Tioga Pass
Photo Date:  6/15/2017  Upload Date: 1/8/2018 10:00:19 PM
Location:  Highlands, IL
Author:  Jonathan Hinely
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  80   Comments: 0


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