PRR 8976 - "Wm Penn"

Built as a business car by Altoona 12/9/1927 as #7504, class Z74d.  
Named "Quaker City" and air conditioned at Altoona 6/16/36.  Renamed "Baltimore" 6/1954.  
Renamed "Wm. Penn" (not "William Penn") 6/1960.  
Assigned to Philadelphia, in "Test Train" service.
 
Chuck Blardone
 
Acquired by the Juniata Terminal Company 1985, PRR 8976 was recently donated to 
Camp Atterbury where the car will be restored as a static display.
 
On November 26, 2000,  PRR 8976 was loaded onto a rail flatcar and shipped via NS to 
Camp Atterbury, Edinburgh, Indiana.

Although the photos show a painted PRR 180 on the car body, the 8976 number boards still located on the upper corners of the car.  No one could explain the significance of the PRR 180 number.

To learn more about Camp Atterbury and its' historical significance to the PRR visit the following website.

http://www.IndianaMilitary.org

http://www.indianamilitary.org/GeneralAtterbury/index.htm

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Photos taken November 26, 2000.
Steve Agostini

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