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Western Pacific #649
Technical Data
Builder
Western Pacific Railroad
Number
649
Type
40' Wood Bay Window
Date
1916/1943
History
1916: Originally built by Pullman Company as an outside braced boxcar
1943: Rebuilt by Sacramento Car Shops as a caboose by adding bay windows and end platforms
1975: Donated by Western Pacific Railroad to KQED for a fund raising auction and purchased by a resident of Salinas, CA, but burned by vandals before the car could be moved
1975-1983: Burned car sits on a siding in Salinas
1983: Purchased by Sam and Laura Jenkinsen to be restored as an office for their contracting business
February 2000: Donated to the PLA for preservation
In service while undergoing restoration, Brightside, CA