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Heritage sleeping car No. 2467, 1983.

Black and white photograph from October 1983 showing Heritage sleeping car No. 2467 from above.

Heritage sleeping car No. 2467, 1983.

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.