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ME 5603 |
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Built by Budd in 1946 as a 56 seat coach for the Florida East Coast Railway & named Jacksonville. To Seaboard Air Line in 1965 & numbered 6263. To Seaboard Coast Line #5627. Transferred to Amtrak and renumbered 5627. It was sold in 1985 to Denver Railcar, r/b into a 54-seat coach and served in tourist service in Canada before being purchased by the Morristown & Erie Railway in 2003 to operate on the Maine Eastern Railroad. Renumbered ME 1003 & named Magnolia. The car returned to New Jersey in 2016 and was renumbered 5603 and had its new name applied, Ridgedale. |
Photo Date: |
1/6/2018 Upload Date: 1/7/2018 8:34:52 PM |
Location: |
Whippany, NJ |
Author: |
Kevin Painter |
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