| Louisiana Steam Train Association hospitality car LSTX 5 JEFFERSON was on the rear of a LASTA train in the Kansas City Southern’s WEST YARD near New Orleans. The train was about to embark on an extended tour of Louisiana and a sliver of Mississippi. This former Army hospital car had been built with an open platform, but that was at the opposite end of the car! It was built by Pullman Car & Manufacturing Co. as a Plan 3959 3-compartment/2-drawing-room/lounge observation car, probably CENTRAL HOUSE (Lot 4886) on 11 September 1925 or CENTRAL POINT (Lot 4971) on 1 October 1926. It was remodeled as a U.S. Army HOSPITAL WARD CAR in 1943, and subsequent owners included William O. Savage then Al K. Nippert who donated it to the Louisiana Railway Heritage Trust. |
| Date:
4/2/2005 |
Location:
New Orleans, LA Map  |
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Collection Of:
 
Michael Palmieri |
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Author: Michael Palmieri
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| Picture Categories: Passenger |
This picture is part of album: Passenger Cars |