Wednesday, August 5, 2015

4449 Heads East for Train Festival 2009: Caritas

…Continued from New York Central #3 Portland.

IMG_7597 Private Car 'Caritas' at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on July 1, 2009
Caritas in Portland, Oregon on July 1, 2009

Caritas was built in 1948 by Pullman as a 4-Bedroom, 14-Roomette Sleeping Car for the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, called the Frisco for short. The car was originally named Pierre LaClede after the founder of St. Louis.

IMG_7741 Private Car 'Caritas' in Wishram, Washington on July 3, 2009
Caritas in Wishram, Washington on July 3, 2009

The car was originally assigned to the Texas Special, which ran between St. Louis, Missouri and San Antonio, Texas, over the Frisco and the Missouri-Kansas-Texas. The Frisco discontinued its portion of the Texas Special (the northern portion) in 1959. In 1964, this car was sold to the Canadian National and named Churchill Falls.

IMG_7769 Private Car 'Caritas' in Wishram, Washington on July 3, 2009
Caritas in Wishram, Washington on July 3, 2009

High Iron Travel bought the car in 1983 and rebuilt it to its current configuration, with 3 double bedrooms and a master room, dining area, galley, wine cellar and lounge.

IMG_7772 Private Car 'Caritas' in Wishram, Washington on July 3, 2009
Caritas
in Wishram, Washington on July 3, 2009

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