The antique railroad car from the Heber Valley Railroad - Date? Photographer?

Heber City Utah - A historic Utah railroad car has been sent to South Dakota, and at least one founder of the historic Heber Valley Railroad is not happy about the decision.
 
"The Heber Valley Railroad has made the difficult decision to give one of its historic passenger cars a new home," railroad manager Mark Nelson said.
 
From 1910 to 1952, the so-called "Bamberger number 403" operated in commuter service between Salt Lake City and Ogden.
 
After being retired, the Sons of Utah Pioneers acquired it.
 
It was then sold to the Heber Valley Railroad, where it served as a stationary old-time photo studio and as a gift emporium.
 
It was not usable as an operating rail car because of mechanical issues.
 
"Given its rapidly deteriorating wood exterior, the cost of restoring this old girl is over US$100,000," Nelson said.
 
"Since we are not in a financial position to restore and maintain this car, we have found a good home for her at the Black Hills Central Railroad Company in Hill City, South Dakota, where she will be restored and operated as part of their 1880 Train."
 
Black Hills Central is a tourist railroad located near Mount Rushmore.
 
That railroad recently restored the former "Heber Creeper 2-6-6-2 Mallet" steam locomotive number 110 to full operation.
 
Ken McConnell is one of the original founders of the Heber Valley Railroad and purchased the Bamberger car for the Heber railroad.
 
He told the Daily Herald that such a significant piece of Utah's railroad history should never have left the state.
 
"It is a very historic car," he said.
 
"Mark Nelson said it was rotting away. I disagree with that. I was appalled that he gave it to the Black Hills railroad."
 
Utah railroad enthusiasts have restored other historic cars at no cost in the past, and McConnell and other advocates were not asked to do a similar restoration on this car.
 
Nelson told the Daily Herald on Friday that McConnell never offered to do a restoration.
 
Both men acknowledge bad blood over the vision of the railroad, but both said the Heber Valley Railroad is a Utah treasure and should be embraced and used by the public.
 
Railroad spokesman Craig Lacey and Nelson told the Daily Herald that the real problem is twofold, first, the Bamberger car is made of wood, and the Heber railroad is not equipped to preserve and restore a wooden car.
 
Second, the only source of funding for the railroad comes from ticket sales, and there are no funds for museum cars, the railroad is strapped as it is to maintain its' running fleet.
 
The railroad in South Dakota will not only restore the wooden car, but make it operable again, giving it new life, something that could never be done at the Heber railroad, Nelson said.
 
The Bamberger car is a Utah treasure, but given the economy, and the opportunity to let the car run on the tracks again and be useful, local officials decided to let it go.
 
"It was the best thing for the railroad and the best thing for the car," Nelson said.
 
"It would have been better to keep it, but we are not a railroad museum. We are a tourist railroad. We are not on the Utah state budget. We have to make it on our own by selling tickets. The economy has been very depressed and our business has suffered, and we have to be very careful and strategic in how we spend the limited budget we have."
 
Caleb Warnock.