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Kevin Painter's Collection
 
5/2/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: AAPRCO Register Private Cars
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
User Notes:   BIRKEN, M&E Diner

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PPCX 800763 "Birken"
Title:  PPCX 800763 "Birken"
Description:  Built byCanadian Car & Foundary in 1954 as Canadian National Railway coach #5437. To VIA Rail same number in 1978. Sold to the British Columbia Railway in 1990, where it was rebuilt into a 14-table, 56-seat table car for use as a bar and dining car. It was named “Birken” after a lake along the railroad’s mainline in British Columbia. Acquired by the Morristown & Erie Railway in 2002 and upgraded to full Amtrak standards.
Photo Date:  1/6/2018  Upload Date: 1/7/2018 8:34:53 PM
Location:  Whippany, NJ
Author:  Kevin Painter
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