Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway P.20

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Title Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway P.20
File Name 39222001650279.tif
Photo Number No. 23605
Classification 385
Creator Davis, Mike B.
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Subject Railroads
Corporate Name Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway
Other Subject Railroad cars
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City; Salt Lake County; Utah
Description Salt Lake, Garfield and Western private car Janice L 800225. This was converted from an ex Union Pacific Diner #1535. It is painted yellow and serves both the S.L.G. & W. and on other railroads to transport people in comfort. Donor and Photog: Mike B. Davis. Janice L. By Stan Jennings. The Janice L. was built in 1924 by the P.C.&M. Corp. for Union Pacific as heavyweight Club Lounge car Number 1535. It was remodeled in 1954 as a dormitory club car, receiving its present roof configuration at that time. Air conditioning was added in 1955. In 1971 Sam Latkin, a Colorado resident, purchased the car from Union Pacific. He retained the original number but named the car Janice L. to the Promontory Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, in Salt Lake City later that year . The car was at the time in Loveland, Colorado on the Great Western Railway. The Union Pacific Railroad was kind enough to move it from Colorado to the Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railroad in Paril 1984. Thanks to the Salt Lake, Garfield and Western, the Promontory Chapter has been able to store their equipment on the railroad property, so, except for a few off-line trips, the Janice L. has been stored on the Salt Lake, Garfield and Western tracks ever since. And, yes, to honor Sam's mother the Promontory Chapter retained the name Janice L. for the car. Because the Janice L. was built as a Club Lounge car, it never had steps. It was intended for the public to enter from another car in the train, an arrangement that is fine for a regular passenger train, but very limiting for a private car. The Promontory Chapter changed this in the Spring and summer of 1986. Although it was just a sheet metal rearrangement with no structural changes, the addition of steps and observation platform radically changed the appearance and potential use of the car.
Rights Management Digital Image © 2008 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Holding Institution Utah State Historical Society
Relation Classified Photograph Collection
Source Format Print Photograph
Source Size 9.3 inches x 7.4 inches
Source Donors Davis, Mike B.
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Format Creation Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000 pixels on the long axis. Archival resolution: 3735 x 2956
Scanned By Jacob Trauscht
ARK ark:/87278/s6d50wd3
Setname dha_cp
ID 439890
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6d50wd3