| Louisville & Nashville car 3448 was on the PAN AMERICAN-GULF WIND at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal about six months before the beginning of Amtrak, when L&N passenger service into New Orleans would end. The car was one of nine 4-section / 4-roomette / 5-double-bedroom / 1-compartment sleepers built by Pullman-Standard in 1954 for service between the Midwest and Florida. Initially there were two each for the Atlantic Coast Line, Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Florida East Cast and Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis, with one for the L&N; but the L&N eventually owned the C&EI and NC&StL cars too, and they briefly showed up in New Orleans-Jacksonville service around the time this photo was taken. FLORIDA SURF was originally NC&StL 251 and went into private ownership in 1971. It moved to Mexico in 1980 where it became Servicio de Coches Dormitorios y Conexos (SCD) 705 ZAFIRO. (approximate day) |
| Date:
10/10/1970 |
Location:
New Orleans, LA |
Views:
718 |
Collection Of:
 
Michael Palmieri |
| Rolling Stock: |
Author: James H. Selzer, Jr. photo
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| Picture Categories: Passenger |
This picture is part of album: JAMES SELZER |