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1942 American Navy Pullman Passendger Car Union Pacific 906065

 
 
1942 American Navy Pullman Passendger Car Union Pacific 906065 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Shirley A Stirling, September 2, 2025
1. 1942 American Navy Pullman Passendger Car Union Pacific 906065 Marker
Inscription. The "American Navy" Pullman sleeper car was manufactured in 1942 by the Pullman Company, as part of its light weight "American Series." Floor plan #4099 consisted of four double bedrooms, six roomettes and six open sections. The cars were built of "cor-tan steel" using P-S girder construction and equipped with air conditioning, private rest rooms with hot and cold water sinks.

The car is 85 feet long and weighs 121,500 pounds.

With the breakup of the Pullman holdings, the car was sold to the Union Pacific Railroad in 1945. It was used for passenger car service on the Overland Route until retired in August 1968. It was converted to a maintenance of way bunk car in 1969-1970 with a kitchen, shower and bunks for workers.

The Pullman passenger car was purchased by local donors for the Spokane Fire Station Museum dba Fire and Rail Museum in Hillyard in 2009. It was maintained, operated and under the care and ownership of the Fire and Rail Museum from 2009 to 2015. On October 1, 2015, ownership was transferred to the Hillyard Heritage Museum Society.
 
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Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical year for this entry is 1942.
 
Location. 47° 42.276′ N, 117° 21.842′ W. Marker is in Spokane, Washington, in Spokane County. It is in Hillyard. It is on East Queen Avenue. This marker is on the grounds of the Hillyard Heritage Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3129 E Queen Avenue, Spokane WA 99217, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Mountain West and in the Lewis & Clark Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, the Pacific Rim, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 1948 Box Car Great Northern 11330 / Burlington Nothern 951310 (a few steps from this marker); Maintenance of Way (MOW) Bunk Car Union Pacific 9060161 (within shouting distance of this marker); Hillyard Heritage Museum (within shouting distance of this marker); 1937 Caboose Great Northern X176 / Burlington Northern 11470 (within shouting distance of this marker); The Not So Little Train That Could...And Did
1942 American Navy Pullman Passendger Car Union Pacific 906065 with its Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Shirley A Stirling, September 2, 2025
2. 1942 American Navy Pullman Passendger Car Union Pacific 906065 with its Marker
(within shouting distance of this marker); 1950 Automotive Switcher Davenport 3239 (within shouting distance of this marker); James J Hill - "The Empire Builder" (within shouting distance of this marker); Staff Sgt. Jesse Ray Drowley (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Spokane.
 
1942 American Navy Pullman Passendger Car Union Pacific 906065 on display. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Shirley A Stirling, September 2, 2025
3. 1942 American Navy Pullman Passendger Car Union Pacific 906065 on display.
Nearby on the grounds. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Shirley A Stirling, September 2, 2025
4. Nearby on the grounds.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 2, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 1, 2025, by Shirley A Stirling of Lacey, Washington. This page has been viewed 53 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 1, 2025, by Shirley A Stirling of Lacey, Washington. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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