COLLECTION NAME:
NNRy Equipment and Building Roster
Record
Title:
#101 "Ely" (second)
Category:
Passenger Cars
Service:
Passenger
Disposition:
Display-Non NNRy
Date Retired:
June 6, 1948
Date Sold:
May 1947
Disposition Description:
On display at the Illinois Railway Museum.
Passenger Car Category:
Private Cars
Builder-Pass:
Pullman
Build Date-Pass:
February 19, 1889
Cost-Pass:
$6,000
Rebuild Date-Pass:
1928
Length:
75' 4"
Weight:
143,420 lbs.
Construction:
Wood body, steel plate siding, metal underframe, 6 wheel trucks, wide vestibules, double weather-striped windows.
Capacity:
10
Passenger Car Service Notes:
Originally built to plan 630A, lot 1541 for the Savannah, Florida & Western Railway as their #100. Purchased by the NNRy for $6,000 on June 30, 1906. Renumbered to #101 and named the "Ely," the second car to carry this name. Steel side sheathing and underframe added in 1928. One stateroom was finished in maple, one in oak, the observation room in weathered oak and the dining room in Mahogany. Richly furnished throughout, silk plush seat coverings and silk window drapes. Sold to the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio May 1947 and renumbered #10. Retired from the NNRy accounts June 6, 1948. Sold to the North American Car Corp. in 1957 and renamed "Noa." Refurbished and used by the president of NOA for a year long tour of the U.S. Donated to the Illinois Railway Museum in 1961 and placed on display.
#101 "Ely" (second)
