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Pictures of DWCX 501
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Type:
Passenger Car
AAR Class:
PA
: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type:
M500
Detail Info:
Misc Cars
User Notes:
ex-L&N Light Pine
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Title:
DWCX sleeper 501
SCRAP IRON
Description:
DWCX 501
SCRAP IRON
was the former Louisville & Nashville 6-section / 6-roomette / 4-double bedroom sleeper 3456
LIGHT PINE
, one of 29 Plan 4183 cars built for the L&N, NC&StL and C&EI in March-May 1953. DWCX was the reporting mark for Knoxville scrap dealer David Witherspoon, and the car was on a special train arriving in New Orleans from Knoxville for the Tennessee-Air Force
SUGAR BOWL
the next day. The car was subsequently sold to the Griggsville Wild Bird Society of Griggsville, Illinois and used for overnight accommodations. After the Griggsville cars were sold off, this one went to the Bowling Green Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:
12/31/1970
Upload Date:
5/24/2020 12:32:35 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo
Categories:
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