| "Royal Street" was of one eight 5 double bedroom-buffet-lounge observation ordered in 1946, built by Pullman-Standard, and completed in February and March of 1950. Four of the cars were placed in service on the “Royal Palm”. The other four cars, one owned by the Southern Railway, two, including the ROYAL STREET, owned by the Louisville & Nashville, and one owned by the Western Railway of Alabama, were assigned to service on the jointly-operated New York – Washington – Atlanta – New Orleans “Crescent”. Anita and I rode this car in excursion service in October 2010 from Spencer to Asheville, NC. |