CB&Q 50 seat leg rest chair #4734, built by Budd in 1952 in Lot #9613-112 for the AMERICAN ROYAL ZEPHYR. Planned to be renumbered as BN #5083 (which was not applied), sold to Amtrak in 1971 as #5013, was planned to be converted to head end power (HEP) as #5002, which was cancelled, instead was converted to HEP in 1985 as 40 seat café car #8714 for the AUTO TRAIN, was stored in 1994, and was later acquired in 2010 by the Cincinnati RY Company and entered service in 2011 on the Cincinnati Dinner Train. Scanned with an Epson V550 from a 35mm slide, brand is unknown. Date is unknown. |