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12/27/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: James E Strates Shows
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars

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JESX 2 "Raleigh N.C."
Title:  JESX 2 "Raleigh N.C."
Description:  (ex-EL "Pride oif Youngstown", nee-Erie) LW 10 Roomette - 6 Double Bedroom.
Photo Date:  3/1/1978  Upload Date: 3/21/2007 1:42:44 AM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  The Hoosier Collection
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  1913   Comments: 0
JESX 2 "Syracruse New York"
Title:  JESX 2 "Syracruse New York"
Description:  (ex-RASX, nee-IC) Mod. HW coach (P2679-class) converted to crew car.
Photo Date:  7/5/1995  Upload Date: 3/21/2007 1:42:44 AM
Location:  Fort Eustis, VA
Author:  Russell Underwood
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  1383   Comments: 0
James E. Strates Shows #2
Title:  James E. Strates Shows #2
Description:  James E. Strates Shows #2
Photo Date:  7/4/2005  Upload Date: 12/20/2005 6:15:21 PM
Location:  Danbury, CT
Author:  Terry Terrance
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  5481   Comments: 0
The "Syracuse"
Title:  The "Syracuse"
Description:  The James E Strates train was a regular feature on the Tier, as it played a number of county fairs and other events through the summer in the northeast. Its cars were named for towns it played in, or had some significance to the operation. On this trip through Binghamton, it had the Syracuse in consist.
Photo Date:  7/12/2005  Upload Date: 9/14/2016 3:55:58 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  569   Comments: 0
JESX 2 Passenger Car
Title:  JESX 2 Passenger Car
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/5/2005  Upload Date: 11/11/2005 2:50:50 PM
Location:  SOLVAY (N.Y.S. Fairg, NY
Author:  scott s
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  4401   Comments: 1
JESX 2
Title:  JESX 2
Description:  Shown in an earlier JESX paint scheme.
Photo Date:  10/24/2006  Upload Date: 3/26/2008 1:30:14 AM
Location:  Tampa, FL
Author:  R.E. Taff
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  1529   Comments: 0
State Fair Histouic Rail
Title:  State Fair Histouic Rail
Description:  The whole classic train display @ the fair grounds
Photo Date:  8/25/2007  Upload Date: 2/5/2008 7:42:50 PM
Location:  SOLVAY (N.Y.S. Fairg, NY
Author:  Dan Morgan
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  DLW 807(E8A) DLW 808(E8A) LI 1149(Electric M.U.)
Views:  2053   Comments: 0
NYC 21775
Title:  NYC 21775
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/25/2007  Upload Date: 2/5/2008 7:49:13 PM
Location:  SOLVAY (N.Y.S. Fairg, NY
Author:  Dan Moigan
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock
Locomotives:  LI 1149(Electric M.U.)
Views:  894   Comments: 0
The Long Island Sunset, Syracuse, NY
Title:  The Long Island Sunset, Syracuse, NY
Description:  A beautiful e)¿ªng 2 a perfect day at the fair, the sun seting and the flag still waving
Photo Date:  8/25/2007  Upload Date: 2/5/2008 7:50:06 PM
Location:  SOLVAY (N.Y.S. Fairg, NY
Author:  Dan Morgan
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives:  LI 1149(Electric M.U.)
Views:  755   Comments: 0
James Strates Carnies
Title:  James Strates Carnies
Description:  Looking more like prisoners than passengers, I bet these old passenger cars don't have air conditioning, and it's 83 degrees out here.
Photo Date:  5/30/2008  Upload Date: 5/30/2008 10:21:53 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Lee King
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Action
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Views:  648   Comments: 0
JESX 2
Title:  JESX 2
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/28/2008  Upload Date: 10/28/2008 3:01:57 PM
Location:  Jesup, GA
Author:  max linder
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  1210   Comments: 0
JESX 2
Title:  JESX 2
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/7/2009  Upload Date: 6/8/2009 2:48:19 PM
Location:  Taft, FL
Author:  Thomas East
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  987   Comments: 0
JESX 2
Title:  JESX 2
Description:  James E Strates Shows
Photo Date:  6/13/2009  Upload Date: 6/14/2009 8:45:51 AM
Location:  Port Jervis, NY
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  551   Comments: 0
JESX 2
Title:  JESX 2
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/6/2009  Upload Date: 11/23/2009 3:20:55 PM
Location:  Bethlehem, PA
Author:  Austin MacDougall
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  877   Comments: 0
JESX 2
Title:  JESX 2
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/15/2009  Upload Date: 8/16/2009 2:55:35 PM
Location:  Hamburg, NY
Author:  Greg Wiltsie
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  946   Comments: 0
JESX 2
Title:  JESX 2
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/15/2009  Upload Date: 11/22/2009 12:58:11 PM
Location:  Tallahassee, FL
Author:  G Gerard
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  246   Comments: 0
JESX 2
Title:  JESX 2
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/15/2009  Upload Date: 11/22/2009 12:58:35 PM
Location:  Tallahassee, FL
Author:  G Gerard
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  937   Comments: 0
JESX 2
Title:  JESX 2
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/6/2010  Upload Date: 6/7/2010 1:11:33 AM
Location:  Taft, FL
Author:  Stephie Kolata
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  310   Comments: 0
James E. Strates Carnival Train
Title:  James E. Strates Carnival Train
Description:  rolling through Newark around 7:20 am
Photo Date:  6/9/2010  Upload Date: 6/9/2010 9:46:14 AM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9358(C40-9W) NS 2593(SD70M)
Views:  727   Comments: 1
Carnival Coach
Title:  Carnival Coach
Description:  The "Syracuse" from the James E Strates Carnival... Information fromRPN News: E Strates shows private car #2 is on a flat headed for Alamosa, CO. The car is owned by the Central New York Chapter N.R.H.S. and is leased to Iowa Pacific and is slated for a Amtrak rebuild. Strates #2 started life as Pullman's Palm Lane and was sold to Strates Shows in 1956. The car was the travling home for Mr E. James Strates until the car was in a flood in 1972.
Photo Date:  4/27/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 11:13:04 PM
Location:  Alamosa, CO
Author:  Kevin Murray
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Views:  1573   Comments: 0
JESX #2 SYRACUSE
Title:  JESX #2 SYRACUSE
Description:  Built in 1929 by Pullman in Lot #6217 to Plan #3975C as the PALM LANE, a 3C-1DR sleeper-buffet lounge solarium observation, 1 of 8 such cars built in that Lot. 4 of these cars were built for the DIXIE FLYER with DIXIE-series names and delivered in late December 1928. The other 4 cars were built for the SEMINOLE LIMITED with PALM-series names and delivered in January 1929. One car, the PALM CITY, was wrecked in January 1947 at Perham, MN, on the NP. At the 12/31/1948 divestiture, 6 of these cars were sold to the PRR in the #854x-series. The PALM LANE was retained by Pullman until sold in August 1956 to James E. Strates Shows as the #2 SYRACUSE (1st). Strates later retired the car, and it went to the Central New York Chapter NRHS. In January 2013, the Chapter leased the SYRACUSE to Iowa Pacific on a long-term basis, and in return, IP is leasing a D&RGW business car to the Chapter, which has been put on display in place of the SYRACUSE.
Photo Date:  6/20/2015  Upload Date: 6/29/2015 3:19:10 AM
Location:  Alamosa, CO
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  921   Comments: 0
JESX #2 SYRACUSE
Title:  JESX #2 SYRACUSE
Description:  Built in 1929 by Pullman in Lot #6217 to Plan #3975C as the PALM LANE, a 3C-1DR sleeper-buffet lounge solarium observation, 1 of 8 such cars built in that Lot. 4 of these cars were built for the DIXIE FLYER with DIXIE-series names and delivered in late December 1928. The other 4 cars were built for the SEMINOLE LIMITED with PALM-series names and delivered in January 1929. One car, the PALM CITY, was wrecked in January 1947 at Perham, MN, on the NP. At the 12/31/1948 divestiture, 6 of these cars were sold to the PRR in the #854x-series. The PALM LANE was retained by Pullman until sold in August 1956 to James E. Strates Shows as the #2 SYRACUSE (1st). Strates later retired the car, and it went to the Central New York Chapter NRHS. In January 2013, the Chapter leased the SYRACUSE to Iowa Pacific on a long-term basis, and in return, IP is leasing a D&RGW business car to the Chapter, which has been put on display in place of the SYRACUSE.
Photo Date:  6/20/2015  Upload Date: 6/29/2015 3:19:11 AM
Location:  Alamosa, CO
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  848   Comments: 0
JESX 2
Title:  JESX 2
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2022  Upload Date: 1/8/2023 2:03:47 PM
Location:  Alamosa, CO
Author:  Ashley Rodriguez
Categories: 
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Views:  128   Comments: 0


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