| Built by Budd in March 1950 in Lot #9660-039 to Pullman Plan #9522 as UP 10 roomette-6 double bedroom (10RM-6DB) sleeper PACIFIC MIST, 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 MIST was assigned #1427, which was applied in August 1969. 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 MIST as #2620. Besides 3 which were wrecked during Amtrak's first decade, the remaining 40 cars were converted to HEP in 3 batches, the 1st group of 13 cars were converted in 1977-1978, including PACIFIC MIST, which was converted to HEP #2920 in September 1977. Between 1997 and 2000, Amtrak converted 14 of these 40 cars to crew dormitory-lounges, PACIFIC MIST was converted to dormitory #2520 in October 1998. #2520 was retired in January 2003. Scanned with an Epson V550 from a Kodak-processed Ektachrome duplicate 35mm slide. Neither the date nor the location are written on the slide, which is stamped 1992, but this photo was taken pre-Amtrak. The PACIFIC MIST appears to have loading number FC4, the sleeper to the right has loading number FC11. According to Dave Seidel, the "FC" prefixes reveal that this is a chartered movement, most likely a Vietnam-era troop train from Fort Riley, KS, to Oakland. If not a troop train, than this could either be for a Shrine Convention or a Bankers Convention. |