Built in 1953 by P-S in Lot #6909 to Plan #4183 as L&N 6S-6RM-4DB sleeper #3462 PLANTATION PINE, 1 of 29 such cars built in that Lot, which was ordered in November 1951; cars were delivered between March and May 1953. L&N owned 22 (#3450-#3471), NC&StL owned 3 (#200-#202; to L&N in 1957 as #3472-#3474), and C&EI owned 4 (#900-#903). In 1967, L&N redesignated 3 of these sleepers as dormitories #1660-#1662, the PLANTATION PINE as #1661. The car was retired in 1969 and sold to the Smoky Hill Railroad & Historical Society of Kansas City. Smoky Hill later sold the car to the Spencer Chemical Company. David Pitts acquired the car from Spencer as Colorado Zephyrs Incorporated (COZX) COLORADO PINE. Pitts sold the car to Iowa Pacific in 2012 as SLRG #9660. 1 of 3 Iowa Pacific cars parked at King Street Station. EXIF: 9:41 AM, f/3.4 @ 1/100, ISO-100 |