Privately owned business car #800186 LEIGHA MARIE. Built by Pullman in 1926 as LA&SL barber shop-smoker-lounge observation #4404, 1 of 5 such cars (#4403-#4407). Reconfigured in October 1942 to café observation #1564, rebuilt in April 1945 to business car #124, renumbered in June 1952 to UP/LA&SL #104 (2nd), renumbered again in April 1957 to UP/LA&SL #105, and renumbered a third time in September 1965 back to UP/LA&SL #124. Retired in June 1970 and sold in 1971, later owned by Bob Spaugh as the MICHAEL L. SPAUGH, resold in 1980 to a private owner as the LEIGHA MARIE, resold again in 1986 to another private owner, still as the LEIGHA MARIE, later had #800186 assigned/applied. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome 35mm slide. |