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Pictures of GN 1241
Owner:
Great Northern
Type:
Diner
AAR Class:
PD
: Car equipped for food or beverage service.
AAR Type:
M520
Detail Info:
Misc Cars
User Notes:
RUNNING CRANE LAKE, Ranch Car, Mid-Century EMPIRE BUILDER, AC&F, 1950, to AMTK #8150/private ownership #800267/WPRX #1241
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Title:
GN Ranch Car 1241 "Running Crane Lake"
Description:
Taken circa 1970 by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:
1/1/1970
Upload Date:
4/7/2022 12:10:15 PM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Unknown
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Views:
366
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Title:
GSL #800267 RUNNING CRANE LAKE
Description:
Golden State Limited former GN EMPIRE BUILDER "Ranch Car" diner lounge #800267 RUNNING CRANE LAKE. Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate 35mm slide, brand is unknown. Photographer is unknown.
Photo Date:
5/20/1989
Upload Date:
10/24/2019 6:39:17 AM
Location:
Salt Lake City, UT
Author:
Unknown/Louis Fols Collection
Categories:
Passenger
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Views:
396
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Title:
WPRX #1241 RUNNING CRANE LAKE
Description:
Built in 1950 by AC&F in Lot #3445 as GN Ranch Ccr #1241 RUNNING CRANE LAKE, 1 of 6 such cars (#1240-#1245) built in that Lot for the Mid-Century EMPIRE BUILDER, which was ordered in October 1949; cars were delivered bet~een October 1950 and March 1951. The Ranch Cars had a 14 seat lunch counter, a 12 seat dinette, and a 18 seat lounge. #1240-#1242 and #1244-#1245 were owned by GN; #1243 was owned by CB&Q after 1953. In 1974, Amtrak acquired 4 of these cars as #8150-#8153, the #1241 as #8150. Amtrak increased the lounge and dinette seating from 30 to 34. The #8150 was retired in July 1;81 and in 1983 to the Nicolet Badger Northern in Laona, WI. The car was later owned by Golden State Limited in Verdi, NV, before being acquired by Lou Steplock-Wyoming & Pacific as WPRX #1241. The #1241 is leased to the&Portland & Western with Willamette & Pacific lettering. Photographed from the NB #14 COAST STARLIGHT. EXIF: 2:46 PM
Photo Date:
8/21/2012
Upload Date:
10/26/2014 6:02:51 PM
Location:
Albany, OR
Author:
Ted Brumberg
Categories:
Passenger
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Views:
1199
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0
Title:
GN #1241 RUNNING CRANE LAKE
Description:
GN 14 seat lunch counter-30 seat lounge "Ranch Car" #1241 RUNNING CRANE LAKE (AC&F, Lot #3445, November 1950), built for assignment to the 1951 (a.k.a., the "Mid-Century") edition of the EMPIRE BUILDER, to BN via merger in March 1970, sold to Amtrak in 1974 as #8150 (lounge seating replaced by 34 dining seats), retired in July 1981 and resold in 1983 to Robert Klein, d.b.a., Golden State Limited (Verdi/Reno, NV), later resold to Nicolet Badger Northern (Laona, WI), later resold in circa 1993 to Dr. Louis Steplock, d.b.a., Wyoming & Pacific, as WPRX #1241 (#800267) (Albany, OR), and leased to the Albany & Eastern RR (Lebanon, OR). Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate 35mm slide, brand is unknown. Date and photographer are unknown.
Photo Date:
12/8/2014
Upload Date:
1/27/2025 5:23:09 AM
Location:
Saint Paul, MN
Author:
Unknown/John C. Benson Collection
Categories:
Passenger
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Views:
301
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0
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