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Concor LWT Sleeper
Photos of Pine Mesa in Temple, TX.
Cocor model 792 is labeled the Pine Bluff, a correct name. It is an 85' 10-6 Sleeper built by Budd in 1949, one of 27 identical Pine series cars. The Bedroom side is very close for the "Pine" series, but the corridor side has 3 extra windows which a strict modeler will want to fill. The Concor car is based on a California Zephyr car which is very close.
The Pine Bluff was one of three of this series scrapped before Amtrak acquired them in 1971.
The windows on the car as built are as the model. The endmost broad window was shortened by Amtrak (as in the Pine Mesa above).
Reference:
Thompson, Keith. Santa Fe's Pine-series Sleeping Cars. Model Railroader, July 1994, p. 99-101. (Photos and drawings sans skirts. Includes underbody drawing and floorplan.)
Santa Fe Diesels and Cars. New York: Wayner Publications, 1974. Page 44 shows Pine Rapids.
Stagner, Lloyd E. ATSF Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment. Edison, NJ: Morning Sun Books, 1995. Page 13 (photo of Pine Gorge, bedroom side.)
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