N&W Budd Pullman "Norfolk Pride"

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No N&W Budd built Pullman had the name "Norfolk Pride" or the number 
#4137. The date of May 1950 doesn't make much sense either, as the Budd 
Pullmans were just a few months old at that time.One wonders what it is 
that you picked up at the 1976 railroad bash.  Jim Nichols

nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:


>  At the big July 4, 1976 railroad bash in Roanoke, I picked up, for a 

> just a few bucks, a heavy-gauge, 6" x 2 3/4" polished stamped 

> stainless steel plate reading "Designed & Built for Norfolk and 

> Western Railway Company by Budd."

>  

> Taped on the back is a hand written message:  "May 1950.  Plate taken 

> from N&W wrecked Pullman & reserved compartment car at Cumberland, 

> Maryland Yard.  #4137, Norfolk Pride."

>  

> Just tonight, surmising that the paper on which the message is written 

> looked like a business card, I cut the tape and pulled it off, and low 

> and behold, it is the business card of one Guy Lockard, Mgr. of 

> "Horseshoe Curve Inn, 110 Tenth Avenue, Juniata, Altoona, Pa.  

> Souvenirs, Gifts, Novelties, Refreshments."  Had I know this, I would 

> have looked up old Guy, or his relics, during all the years I had 

> Altoona as part of my business territory.  Too late now...

>  

> Does anyone have information on the "Norfolk Pride" and the "wreck 

> damage" it sustained?

>  

> -- abram burnett

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