Heritage sleeping car No. 2467, 1983.
Black and white photograph from October 1983 showing Heritage sleeping car No. 2467 from above.
- Photograph Details
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- Date Archived:
- October 13, 2015
- Decade:
- 1980s
- Data Format:
- Image
- Date Created:
- October 1983
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Many of Amtrak's early sleeping cars had 10 Roomettes (for one person) and 6 Double Bedrooms (for two persons), and are commonly known as "10-6 Sleepers." Each Roomette or Double Bedroom included its own toilet and washing facilities. Heritage sleeping car No. 2467 was originally ordered by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) and was manufactured by the Budd Company in 1952.
Known as the Silver Prairie, it was placed on the CB&Q's overnight American Royal Zephyr (Chicago-Kansas City) and Black Hawk (Chicago-St. Paul/Minneapolis). Amtrak would convert the car to head-end power in the early 1980s to make it compatible with the Amfleet cars. The last Heritage sleeping cars were retired after Amtrak received the Viewliner cars in the mid-1990s.
Photographer: William Kratville (American, 1929-2011) for Amtrak. From the Blair Slaughter Collection.