Pictured in Wishram, Washington, in the consist of an excursion train with Southern Pacific
Daylight GS-4 #4449, this car was built by American Car & Foundry in 1955 as
Union Pacific #7003 and assigned to the
Challenger between Chicago and Los Angeles. It was sold to Auto-Train in June 1972 and became Auto-Train #703.
In December 1981 it was sold to
James E. Strates Shows and was resold to a private party in 1982 before being acquired by the
Collis P. Huntington Chapter of the
National Railway Historical Society the same year. Initially assigned #800377 and given the name
Sandstone Falls, it was later restored in 1993 to its original appearance as HUNX #7003.
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