MINNEAPOLIS — Railroading Heritage of Midwest America has sold one of its passenger cars to CPKC.
The baggage-dormitory car, once used on trips pulled by Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261, will be used as a dormitory on steam trips this summer behind Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 No. 2816.
The car, which RRHMA had named Grand Canyon ,was built by St. Louis Car in 1952 as US Army hospital car No. 89520. In the 1970s it was purchased and remodeled by Amtrak and numbered 1400. It was converted to head end power in April 1980 and renumbered Amtrak 1615. The car was retired in 2003 and acquired by RRHMA.
The car was sold to CPKC, repainted in Canadian Pacific’s traditional maroon colors, and renamed Vaughn. It was shipped to Calgary last week. RRHMA has also repainted a former KCS business car for CPKC at its Silvis shop. While the car was painted maroon, it retains its Kansas City Southern lettering.
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