Our car from the Nickel Plate Road - also known as the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad - was one of a pair of sleeper-lounge cars (the other was 150, the City of Cleveland). Both were built by Pullman-Standard and delivered in 1950. The interior design includes 5 two-person compartments (A through E), a three-person crew dorm room (F), a kitchen and lounge area. Compartment sets A-B or C-D may be joined for groups of four by opening a partition. The lounge area seats 22 at two-person and four-person tables.
The car originally went into service on night trains 5 and 6, operating between Cleveland and Chicago in early 1950. The City of Chicago remained in the consist until NKP passenger operations were absorbed through a merger with the Norfolk & Western Railroad. The car became part of Amtrak's fleet in 1971. Upon retirement from Amtrak service, the City of Chicago fell into private ownership. In 1995 Dr. Henry Renfert donated it to the Austin & Texas Central Railroad. This car is heated and air-conditioned.
This car originally housed a barbershop, shower, passenger lounge and crew dormitory on the Santa Fe's famous Super Chief train, which operated between Chicago and Los Angeles. It was built by Pullman-Standard in November 1950 as one of six identical cars. The 1343 later became part of Amtrak's fleet during the 1970s, and was purchased by Charles and Lowell Turner in 1982. Today the car contains two passenger compartments, a kitchen and lounge area for passenger seating. The car is heated and air-conditioned.
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