Ringling 150         
This was car 150 on the 1975 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey blue train. It was originally 10-roomette/5-double-bedroom sleeper 105 on the Southern Pacific's new LARK streamliner between Los Angeles and San Francisco. It was built by Pullman-Standard as a Plan 4072E car in Lot 6641, placed in service on 25 February 1941, renumbered SP 9207 on 7 November 1950, withdrawn from Pullman lease on 10 March 1967, and sold to Judge Roy Hofheinz in Houston in 1968. The car was photographed in the Illinois Central Gulf's Poydras Yard. At that time, the Ringling cars did not wear any reporting mark.
Date: 9/13/1975 Location: New Orleans, LA   Map Show New Orleans on a rail map Views: 1491 Collection Of:   Michael Palmieri
Rolling Stock: RBX 150 (Passenger Car) Author:  Michael Palmieri
Ringling 150
Picture Categories: Passenger This picture is part of album:  Ringling Brothers
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