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Owner: AAPRCO Register Private Cars
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
Plate:   B
User Notes:   Grant Supply #1290 APPEKUNNY MOUNTAIN, buffet lounge observation, ex-BN, nee-GN #1290, AC&F, Lot #3447, 1950, Mid-Century EMPIRE BUILDER/1955 WESTERN STAR, to ARZC 1, to CFNR 1, to CFNR 100

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GN 1290
Title:  GN 1290
Description:  On the rear of the "Louisiana World's Fair Daylight" is GN 1290, the "Appekunny Mountain" a 3 roomette-observation-lounge built in 1951 by AC&F for the Empire Builder, and even with the Daylight colors, was still lettered "GN 1290" in this shot. Later used as a business car on the California Northern. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  5/1/1984  Upload Date: 2/1/2010 12:27:55 PM
Location:  Ansel, CA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  1683   Comments: 1
GN #1290 APPEKUNNY MOUNTAIN
Title:  GN #1290 APPEKUNNY MOUNTAIN
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Photo Date:  5/11/1984  Upload Date: 10/25/2019 10:12:07 PM
Location:  San Francisco, CA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  310   Comments: 0
Eastbound Daylight
Title:  Eastbound Daylight
Description:  Former Great Northern observation car 1290 APPEKUNNY MOUNTAIN graces the rear of the eastbound WORLD'S FAIR DAYLIGHT at the Southern Pacific's Lafayette, Louisiana depot. The train spent the last night of its trip from Portland to New Orleans parked here. The reporting park on the observation car was GS 1290, for Grant Supply Co.
Photo Date:  6/1/1984  Upload Date: 2/21/2010 12:49:45 PM
Location:  Lafayette, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  2811   Comments: 0
Crescent and Daylight
Title:  Crescent and Daylight
Description:  For many years its was Amtrak's practice to add cars to the northbound CRESCENT and removed them from the southbound train at Atlanta, resulting in a much smaller consist at New Orleans. This was a continuation of the Southern Railway's procedure with the SOUTHERN CRESCENT. During the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, Amtrak ran almost all of the train -- except for the extra mail cars -- all the way into New Orleans to accomodate fair goers. While attendence at the Fair fell well below the projected estimate, and train ridership never met expextations; during this time the CRESCENT was a very impressive train!

It's 6:45 P.M. at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal and the early evening sun was reflecting off of the nose of F40 260 as it and the 262 had just backed in on track 5 with a 17-car train. The train's consist was baggage car 1172 SILVER TREASURE, baggage-dormitory car 1624, coaches 4733, 4737, 4637, 4711, 4639, and 4018, Amfleet lounge 28020, diner 8519, 10-6 sleepers 2436 PACIFIC CREST, 2438 PACIFIC CASTLE and un-named 2903, un-named 11-double-bedroom car 2233, lounge 3109, and coaches 4716 and 4702.

Across the platform on track 6 is the WORLD'S FAIR DAYLIGHT, which would depart for Oregon the next morning. The DAYLIGHT had GS-4 4-8-4 4449, water car PNWC 4219, combine PNWC 3300 MILN D. GILLESPIE, sleeper-lounge PNWC 600 MT. HOOD, coaches SW 542 SONOMA, SW 544 MENDOCINO, SW 546 HUMBOLDT, SW 507 SHASTA, SW 511 STANISLAUS, PAR 2397, SW 500 SAN JOAQUIN, SW 518 TUOLUMNE, and GW 598 RED RIVER, diner SW 156 LAKE PEPIN and observation-lounge GS 1290 APPEKUNNY MOUNTAIN. (GW was Great Western Tours, GS was Grant Supply, PAR was Pacific Railroad Society, PNWC was Pacific Northwest Chapter-NRHS, and SW was Sierra Western.)

The DAYLIGHT had arrived in New Orleans the previous Saturday, and SP 4449 had spent the week parked outside the Fair site. UP 4-8-4 8444 was on display inside the Fair, so for a week there were two big Northern's at the Fair. That's the photographer's Volkswagen RABBIT on the left.
Photo Date:  6/8/1984  Upload Date: 2/4/2010 11:24:19 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 260(F40PHR) SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  3235   Comments: 2
Observing the Daylight - Topography
Title:  Observing the Daylight - Topography
Description:  Bringing up the markers in Southern Pacific style, the neon glow of "Daylight" on the Appekunny Mountain observation car of the World's Fair Daylight is seen as the special races westbound through the open pastures at Callender on the SP Coastline in 1984
Photo Date:  6/19/1984  Upload Date: 10/1/2006 10:43:37 PM
Location:  Callender, CA
Author:  Herb Iske
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  674   Comments: 0
Observing the Daylight
Title:  Observing the Daylight
Description:  Bringing up the markers in Southern Pacific style, the neon glow of "Daylight" on the Appekunny Mountain observation car of the World's Fair Daylight is seen as the special races westbound through the open pastures at Callender on the SP Coastline in 1984
Photo Date:  6/19/1984  Upload Date: 9/30/2006 12:37:46 PM
Location:  Callender, CA
Author:  Herb Iske
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  731   Comments: 0
ARZC #1 observation, here still marked GS 1290 as used on 4449 New Orleans tour.
Title:  ARZC #1 observation, here still marked GS 1290 as used on 4449 New Orleans tour.
Description:  ARZC 1, GS 1290 in Daylight colors, Car is ex GN.
Photo Date:  3/19/1992  Upload Date: 3/25/2020 9:49:40 AM
Location:  Parker, AZ
Author:  Steven Vincent
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Views:  138   Comments: 0
ARZC observation #1 here in green & cream.
Title:  ARZC observation #1 here in green & cream.
Description:  ARZC 1. To CFNR 1, eventually to CFNR 100.
Photo Date:  11/1/1994  Upload Date: 3/25/2020 9:09:43 AM
Location:  Parker, AZ
Author:  Steven Vincent
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Views:  155   Comments: 0
CFNR109
Title:  CFNR109
Description:  CFNR109 and CFNR1, an ex-GN Observation car name "Appekunny Mountain", at Napa Junction; American Canyon, CA.
Photo Date:  12/3/2005  Upload Date: 2/3/2007 7:14:38 PM
Location:  Napa Junction, CA
Author:  Gary Waddell
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CFNR 109(GP15-1)
Views:  619   Comments: 0
CFNR 100
Title:  CFNR 100
Description:  Passenger coach 'Appekunny Mountain' at the yard in Napa
Photo Date:  7/13/2007  Upload Date: 7/16/2007 12:44:44 PM
Location:  Napa, CA
Author:  Paul S. Highland
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  1503   Comments: 0
CFNR #100 APPEKUNNY MOUNTAIN
Title:  CFNR #100 APPEKUNNY MOUNTAIN
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/2018  Upload Date: 5/23/2019 1:59:09 AM
Location:  Albany, OR
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  688   Comments: 0


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