Re: Uintah Passenger Cars

If one looks at the window arrangement of Unitah #50, the paired arrangement looks the paired arrangement of a Pullman car.

Look at this photo by Otto Perry to see what I mean:
Denver Public Library

Also, looking through the windows, the seating seems to have high back seating like a Pullman would have had. Could the #50 have been created using parts from the #1 and one of the former Pullman cars?

Why? Maybe a wreck? Condition of the car?

When the steel sheathing was done, was #50 found to be in worse shape than one of the ex-Pullman cars? And the numbers were swapped to keep the accounting department happy. This type of situation has been known to occur on other railroads.

Questions and not answers.

BN