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North Carolina D.O.T. Coach #400006
Kannapolis, NC
 
September 23rd, 2016
 
Piedmont Service #75
 
North Carolina D.O.T.
 
Pullman-Standard
1965
Kansas City Southern Railway
 
NJT 5341
KCS 270
Digital Photo
 
Canon EOS 70D
 
Canon 17-40mm EF
f4.0L Zoom Lens
f5.0 @ 1/800th sec
ISO 400



844-1035




Built by Pullman-Standard in 1965 for the Kansas City Southern Railway and numbered 270. Later owned by New Jersey Transit and renumbered 5341. Now a 66 seat coach under NCDOT ownership and refurbished for the NCDOT by the Delaware Car Company, numbered 400006 and named "Plott Hound". This is the second car to wear the #400006 for the NCDOT. Historical information about this car provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com and the North Carolina Department Of Transportation.