[PRCo] Re: Little Juniata Rapids - PRR Heritage Passenger Train

[Dwight Long]

   Bob     Then it is well and truly a good companion for Warrior Ridge,=
which is also ex-SP Sunset Ltd.     Dwight

May 9, 2011 02:26:30 AM, pittsburgh-railways at dementi= a.org wrote:

Little Ju= niata Rapids was a 10-6 sleeper built by Budd in 1953 for SP's
Sunset Limit= ed. =C3=82 Amtrak operated this car on the Auto Train before
the 10-6 = was rebuilt by Juniata Terminal Co. 



Bob. 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dwight Long" 
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
Cc: pittsburgh-railways at de= mentia.org 
Sent: Sunday, May 8, 2011 6:46:14 PM 
Subject: [PRCo] Re:= [FYI Only] Pennsylvania RR Heritage Passenger Train 

=C3=82 = =C3=82  Ken =C3=82  I doubt you rode on the last car, PRR 120, as=
it was the private 
caro=3D f the President of the Pennsylvania Railroa= d. =C3=82  The car
Warrior Ridge, 
now set up as a parlor/dinette, = was an=3D SP car from the Sunset Limited
=C3=82 and 
later served o= n AMTK.&nb=3D sp; It was called a "French Quarter" lounge
car. =C3=82&n= bsp; 
The sleeper is Little Juniata Rapids, and it is also not orig=3D i= nal PRR,
but 
I forget its ancestry. =C3=82  The two E-8s hauling t= he train are genuine
article 
PRR, so perhaps you=3D rode behind at leas= t one of them. =C3=82  Dwight 

May 7, 2011 10:18:38 PM, pittsbu= rgh-railways at dementi=3D a.org wrote: 
That train lo=3D oks like the one = we rode in December, 1967. Except this
one 
is 
a lot cl=3D eaner, sh= iny and several cars shorter. 

Thanks for sharing. 

K.=3D