| GN 6 roomette-4 double bedroom-1 compartment (6RM-4DB-1C) sleeper-9 seat lounge observation #1193 ROCKY COULEE (ex-2 double bedroom-1 drawing room [2DB-1DR] sleeper-29 seat buffet lounge observation KOOTENAI RIVER) (P-S, Lot #6751, Plan #4109/K, February 1947/May 1955), built for assignment to the 1947 edition of the EMPIRE BUILDER, reassigned to the 1951 edition of the WESTERN STAR, rebuilt in May 1955 and transferred back to the 1955 edition of the EMPIRE BUILDER, removed from revenue sleeper service in September 1966 and rebuilt in 1967 to 68 seat coach #1303, to BN via merger in March 1970, sold to Amtrak in 1972 as #6804, retired in 1976 and resold to Bangor & Aroostook, later resold to private ownership. Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate Kodachrome 35mm slide. Date and photographer are unknown. |