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| Title: |
AMTK 8310 |
| Description: |
Diner/lounge 8310 was originally Wabash 51, and then Norfolk & Western 1051. It, along with a combine, three dome coaches and dome-lounge-observation car, were built by Budd in 1950 as the new BLUE BIRD; and all of these cars went to Amtrak. The 8310 was photographed on the southbound PANAMA LIMITED. |
| Photo Date: |
5/31/1974 Upload Date: 9/8/2011 9:20:10 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 8331 |
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Diner-lounge car 8331 was originally New York Central 44-seat grill-diner 452 and then Penn Central 4552. It was one of 18 cars built by Budd in 1948 as NYC 450-467. Thirteen of these cars went into the Penn Central 4550-4566 series, and nine of them became Amtrak diner-lounge cars 8330-8338. The 8331 was photographed on the northbound PANAMA LIMITED; it was upgraded into Heritage Fleet diner 8516 in 1981, and was remodeled into grill-diner 8553 in 1985. |
| Photo Date: |
12/28/1975 Upload Date: 9/8/2011 9:21:13 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 8337 |
| Description: |
Diner-lounge car 8337 was originally New York Central 44-seat grill-diner 465 and then Penn Central 4565. It was one of 18 cars built by Budd in 1948 as NYC 450-467. Thirteen of these cars went into the Penn Central 4550-4566 series, and nine of them became Amtrak diner-lounge cars 8330-8338. The 8337 was photographed on the northbound PANAMA LIMITED, and was upgraded into Heritage Fleet diner 8513 in 1980. |
| Photo Date: |
8/31/1974 Upload Date: 9/8/2011 9:22:54 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 8350 |
| Description: |
Lunch-counter/bar/lounge car 8350 was delivered in January 1947 as Northern Pacific 494, one of six coach/buffet/lounge cars (NP 494-498, CB&Q 499) built under Pullman-Standard Lot No. 6739 for the NORTH COAST LIMITED. In 1955 they were all remodeled into TRAVELERS REST lunch-counter/bar/lounge cars, with no change of numbers; and in 1971 they became Amtrak 8350-8355. The car was photographed on the northbound PANAMA LIMITED. |
| Photo Date: |
8/20/1976 Upload Date: 9/8/2011 9:24:43 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 8380 |
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Counter-lounge car 8380 DIXIE TRAVELER was originally Maine Central diner-bar-lounge 15 MERRYMEETING. It was one of four such cars (MEC 15-16, Boston & Maine 70-71) built under Pullman-Standard Lot W6778 in 1947 for service from Boston to Portland and Bangor, but none of these cars served their original owners for very long. The MEC cars were sold to the Chicago & Eastern Illinois in 1951, while the B&M cars went to the Wabash in 1957.The MEC cars became C&EI 603 MERRY JOURNEY and 604 MERRY MEETING with no interior changes, then went to the Louisville & Nashville in 1959 where they were remodeled as 28-seat diner/18-seat lounge cars 2800 DIXIE TRAVELER and 2801 DIXIE JOURNEY. The L&N remodeled the cars once again in 1964 as 14-seat lunch-counter/8-seat diner/18-seat lounge cars, with no name change. The B&M/WAB cars were retired by the N&W in 1970, but the former MEC/C&EI/L&N cars went to Amtrak as the 8380 and 8381, and were retired in 1977. DIXIE TRAVELER was photographed on the PANAMA LIMITED. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1975 Upload Date: 9/8/2011 9:42:22 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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RollingStock,Passenger |
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| Title: |
AMTK 8400 |
| Description: |
Coach-diner 8400 was originally Great Northern 1145, one of two such cars (1145, 1146) delivered by American Car & Foundry in May 1950 for service on the INTERNATIONAL between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. The two cars became Amtrak 8400 and 8401. Photographed is storage at New Orleans, it was sold the next year. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1973 Upload Date: 9/8/2011 9:26:21 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 8410 |
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Coach-buffet-lounge 8410 was originally Chesapeake & Ohio 52-seat coach 1610, one of 59 such cars (1610-1668) built by Pullman-Standard in 1950. Two of the cars, 1610-1611, were rebuilt into coach-buffet-lounge cars in 1956, with no change of number; and became Amtrak 8410-8411 in 1971. The 8410 was photographed on the northbound PANAMA LIMTED and retired the next year. |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/1976 Upload Date: 9/8/2011 9:27:16 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK diner 8500 |
| Description: |
Amtrak HERITAGE FLEET diner 8500 was on the northbound CRESCENT at Meridian, Mississippi. The car had been built by Budd in November 1948 as Burlington Route 194 SILVER DINER for operation on the CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR. It became Amtrak 8051 in 1971, HERITAGE FLEET car 8500 in September 1979 and then griddle diner 8551 in January 1987. It was sold at auction in January 2019. (N.B. The date on the image is incorrect.) |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/1980 Upload Date: 8/6/2019 1:23:35 PM |
| Location: |
Meridian, MS |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 8800 |
| Description: |
Amtrak 8800 was the 64-seat dining room section of twin-unit diner 8800-8801; while car 8801 (on the left) contained the kitchen, a room for the steward and 18 dormitory bunks. The two cars were deadheading from New Orleans to Plains, Georgia on the PEANUT SPECIAL, which was headed for the inauguration of Jimmy Carter; and the trucks and underbody had just been repainted. The cars were built by Budd in 1948 as Pennsylvania 4600-4601 and retained the same numbers on the Penn Central. There were six pairs of these, and four of them went to Amtrak in 1973 as the 8800-8807. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1977 Upload Date: 8/24/2011 8:22:10 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 8801 |
| Description: |
Amtrak 8801 was the kitchen-dormitory unit of twin-unit diner 8800-8801, with a room for the steward and 18 dormitory bunks; while car 8800 (on the right) contained a 64-seat dining room. The two cars were deadheading from New Orleans to Plains, Georgia on the PEANUT SPECIAL, which was headed for the inauguration of Jimmy Carter; and the trucks and underbody had just been repainted. The cars were built by Budd in 1948 as Pennsylvania 4600-4601 and retained the same numbers on the Penn Central. There were six pairs of these, and four of them went to Amtrak in 1973 as the 8800-8807. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1977 Upload Date: 8/24/2011 8:22:33 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK dome car 9351 |
| Description: |
Amtrak dome lounge car 9351 was on the eastbound SOUTHWEST LIMITED at Winslow, Arizona. The car was originally Santa Fe 501 and it was one of six such cars (500-505) built by Pullman-Standard in December 1950 for operation on the SUPER CHIEF. There was a large lounge at the front of the car, a bar and a small lounge under the 16-seat dome, and a private dining area – the TURQUOISE ROOM – at the rear which was served from the kitchen of an adjacent dining car. In this case the diner was the 8075 (ex-ATSF 605). The 501 received its Amtrak number in July 1972 and was retired in 1979. |
| Photo Date: |
8/4/1975 Upload Date: 8/8/2019 1:23:30 PM |
| Location: |
Winslow, AZ |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AD&N coach |
| Description: |
This coach was built by Budd in April 1948 as Minneapolis & St. Louis 51. It was one of six cars built with a heat exchanger and hot water circulating pump for operation behind motorcars. It became Rock Island 367 ARMOURDALE in 1957 and was sold to the Ashley, Drew & Northern in 1973. The car did not receive an AD&N number, and its only identification here are some Georgia Pacific logos. |
| Photo Date: |
2/20/1977 Upload Date: 5/22/2009 9:14:54 PM |
| Location: |
Crossett, AR |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
ICG 14 |
| Description: |
Safety training car 14 was built by Pullman in 1928 as Illinois Central salon-buffet car 4095. The lettering reads Safety Special, Service with Safety. After the ICG became the "new" IC, the car was repainted gray and black for use with the railroad's E-units and renumbered MW 101314. |
| Photo Date: |
9/2/1982 Upload Date: 6/11/2009 3:28:21 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
IC 4151 |
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Former Illinois Central diner-lounge 4151 was at the Gifford-Hill gravel pit in Fluker, Louisiana. The car was originally diner-lounge 4010, built by Pullman in 1912; and had been modernized by the IC in September 1947. Fluker is on the main line of the IC/ICG/CN 75 miles north of New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/1981 Upload Date: 3/2/2010 1:49:50 AM |
| Location: |
Fluker, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
ICG 100567 |
| Description: |
ICG work car 100567 had been built by St. Louis Car Co. in 1929 as IC 337. It was a 74-foot mail-and-baggage car, with a 15-foot Railway Post Office apartment. |
| Photo Date: |
11/13/1974 Upload Date: 4/4/2010 4:40:20 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
ICG 100569 |
| Description: |
ICG 100569 was a part of the railroad's New Orleans work train, but its background is unknown. |
| Photo Date: |
11/13/1974 Upload Date: 4/4/2010 4:40:42 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
ICG 100570 |
| Description: |
ICG work car 100570 had been built by American Car & Foundry in 1916 as IC 372. It was originally a 73-foot, 6-inch mail-and-baggage car, with a 30-foot Railway Post Office apartment. |
| Photo Date: |
11/13/1974 Upload Date: 4/4/2010 4:41:03 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
ICG 100485 |
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This car had recently been repainted for service on the McComb work train. It was previously GM&O office car 25. |
| Photo Date: |
10/3/1981 Upload Date: 12/20/2009 12:36:41 PM |
| Location: |
McComb, MS |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
SOU 1613 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway dome coach 1613 brings up the rear of the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT as it was about to pass under Elysian Fields Avenue in New Orleans. The car was built by Pullman-Standard in 1958 as Wabash 203, became Norfolk & Western 1613 in 1966, moved on to the Central of Georgia and then the Southern. |
| Photo Date: |
7/23/1976 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 11:13:39 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
PC 4277 |
| Description: |
10-roomette/6-double-bedroom sleeper MAPLE VALLEY; built by Budd for NYC (10137), then PC 4277, then AMTK 2833 |
| Photo Date: |
2/13/1974 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 7:35:30 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
PAR 2 |
| Description: |
Pacific Railroad Society car PAR 2 TIMOTHY B. BLACKSTONE was built by American Car & Foundry in 1950 as a Gulf Mobile & Ohio car of the same name. It was one of four GM&O Plan 9012 cars with eight roomettes, four sections, three bedrooms and one compartment, all of which were retired in 1969. Soon after acquiring the car in 1970, PRS renamed it GOLDEN SUNSET; but it regained its original name when it was repainted in Amtrak colors, as show here, and was later assigned Amtrak number 800367. The car was photographed on the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT leaving New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/1978 Upload Date: 9/3/2011 9:57:46 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
PAR 6101 |
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Pacific Railroad Society car PAR 6101 was originally Union Pacific 6101, one of six UP dormitory-lounge cars (6100-6105) built by American Car & Foundry in 1949. All of the cars were retired in 1970-71. It was photographed on the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT leaving New Orleans, and it was eventually assigned Amtrak number 800247. The car appeared in the 1981 movie UNDER THE RAINBOW, and was subsequently named CAJON PASS. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/1978 Upload Date: 9/3/2011 9:58:45 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
NYC 9103 |
| Description: |
At New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, to Amtrak 1181, then 1141 |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/1974 Upload Date: 6/12/2008 4:34:12 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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