SOU French Broad River         
Southern Sleeper "French Broad River" sits on display at Latonia.
Date: 12/18/2010 Location: Latonia, KY   Map Show Latonia on a rail map Views: 477 Collection Of:   John Owens
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SOU French Broad River
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Ted Brumberg General Built by Pullman in 1949 as a 10 roomette-6 double bedroom (10RM-6DB) sleeper in Lot #6814 to Plan #4140, 1 of 49 such sleepers built in that Lot; 46 of which were built for assignment to SOU trains. 18 of these 46 sleepers were assigned to the ROYAL PALM, including the FRENCH BROAD RIVER, which was owned by SOU subsidiary CNO&TP as #3401. The FRENCH BROAD RIVER was sold to Amtrak in 1979 as #2862. Amtrak sold the car in 1982. For more info, see W. David Randall's "Streamliner Cars Volume One: Pullman Standard", Tom Madden's Pullman Project CCR database: http://pullmanproject.com/Database.htm, and the "Surviving SOU Lightweight Cars" thread on RYPN: http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=35551 9/27/2014 9:01:07 PM

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