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AMTK diner 8500 |
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Amtrak 36-seat dining car 8500 was on the westbound SUNSET leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The car had been built by Pullman-Standers in 1949 as Southern Pacific 10204 for operation on the OVERLAND. It was purchased by Amtrak for “limited service” in 1974 and was retired in November 1977. |
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10/7/1974 Upload Date: 8/6/2019 1:20:09 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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TASD Coach |
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This unnumbered Terminal Railway-Alabama State Docks coach was parked with some other cars at the former Gulf Mobile & Ohio station in Mobile. Its specific identity is unknown, but it appears to be one of Frisco cars 770-775, built by ACF in 1923 and rebuilt by the railroad during 1941 and 1945. |
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5/26/1975 Upload Date: 4/26/2017 5:42:25 PM |
| Location: |
Mobile, AL |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
Southern 2351 CRESCENT HARBOR |
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Southern Railway sleeper-lounge 2351 CRESCENT HARBOR was dead-heading out of New Orleans on the SOUTHERN CRESCENT. This was one of four CRESCENT-series cars built by Pullman-Standard in December 1949 for service on the CRESCENT, but they stopped operating between Atlanta and New Orleans in April 1964. These Plan 4160 cars had deluxe accommodations with 2 drawing rooms, 1 master room (with a shower), a buffet and a 21-seat lounge, and they remained on the SOUTHERN CRESCENT between Washington and Atlanta until the end of its operation. The only other lightweight cars built with master rooms were six Pennsylvania Railroad VIEW-series sleeper-lounge observation cars built by P-S for the BROADWAY LIMITED: four Plan 4080 cars in May 1938 and two Plan 4133 cars in January 1949. |
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6/11/1975 Upload Date: 10/28/2018 3:28:30 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 9992 |
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Amtrak baggage-dormitory car 9992 was built by Pullman-Standard in 1947 as Santa Fe 3479 and was fitted with a high-level transition piece in 1956. It was photographed on train No. 4 - the westbound SOUTHWEST LIMITED - at the Santa Fe station in Winslow, Arizona. The 9992 was one of six similar Amtrak cars (9990-9995) and was retired in October 1981. |
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8/4/1975 Upload Date: 8/3/2019 11:58:32 AM |
| Location: |
Winslow, AZ |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
FTX 6 |
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Finlay Fun-Time Tours car FTX 6 AUDUBON PARK, later AMTK 800106, was leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on the rear of Amtrak’s westbound SUNSET, right behind the train’s transcontinental sleeper. This car was built by Pullman-Standard in December 1955 as Union Pacific 6-section, 6-roomette, 4-double bedroom sleeper NATIONAL SCENE, one of 12 Plan 4197 cars in Lot 6957. The Wabash had three identical cars built under Lot 6966. These were among the last conventional sleeping cars built in the U.S. |
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11/28/1975 Upload Date: 9/5/2018 4:07:13 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
MISS ALVA |
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This car had been completed by Pullman on 4 August 1911 as the Plan 2412 16-section sleeper MONTEITH. It was modified into a Plan 2412A car on 15 May 1924, converted into Tourist Car TC 4127 on 27 February 1935 and sold to the Louisiana & Arkansas on 4 Nov 1947 where it became 64-seat coach 353. After it was retired in 1963 it then went into private ownership, and was leased to Paramount Pictures in 1965 for use in their movie THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED. The movie featured Reader Railroad 2-8-0 1702 and much of it was filmed along the Louisville & Nashville at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The car was repainted as L&N 6137 (a fictitious number) and named MISS ALVA, after Natalie Wood’s character. When this photo was taken 20 years later, it was badly-faded and being used as part of the MISS ALVA BAR AND GRILL in Meridian, Mississippi; but it was eventually parked with some other cars near the city’s Amtrak station. |
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4/4/1985 Upload Date: 11/17/2020 3:02:01 PM |
| Location: |
Meridian, MS |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK coach 4632 |
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Former Amtrak coach 4632 was parked outside of Pete Messina’s car repair shop in the Kansas City Southern’s WEST YARD, just outside of New Orleans. The car had been built by Budd in 1961 as Union Pacific 5525 and was subsequently Amtrak 4457 and then HERITAGE FLEET car 4632. This car arrived in New Orleans on 14 November 2000. |
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11/20/2000 Upload Date: 7/25/2019 5:27:59 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK coach 4632 |
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Former Amtrak coach 4632 was parked outside of Pete Messina’s car repair shop in the Kansas City Southern’s WEST YARD, just outside of New Orleans. The car had been built by Budd in 1961 as Union Pacific 5525 and was subsequently Amtrak 4457 and then HERITAGE FLEET car 4632. Amtrak sold the car in on 14 November 2000. |
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11/20/2000 Upload Date: 7/25/2019 5:27:24 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK coach 4632 |
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Former Amtrak coach 4632 was parked outside of Pete Messina’s car repair shop in the Kansas City Southern’s WEST YARD, just outside of New Orleans. The car had been built by Budd in 1961 as Union Pacific 5525 and was subsequently Amtrak 4457 and then HERITAGE FLEET car 4632. This car arrived in New Orleans on 14 November 2000.Union Pacific 5508-5527 were the only Budd-built coaches owned by the railroad and became Amtrak 4440-4454, 6062, 4456-4459. During 1980-81 the 19 4400-series cars were rebuilt as HERITAGE FLEET cars 4627-4645, but not in order; and in 1996 13 of these were rebuilt into 1700-series baggage cars. |
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11/20/2000 Upload Date: 7/25/2019 5:28:15 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK coach 4632 |
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This was the outside swing hanger truck under the vestibule end of former Amtrak coach 4632 while it was parked outside of Pete Messina’s car repair shop in the Kansas City Southern’s WEST YARD, just outside of New Orleans. The car had been built by Budd in 1961 as Union Pacific 5525 and was subsequently Amtrak 4457 and then HERITAGE FLEET car 4632. This car arrived in New Orleans on 14 November 2000. |
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11/20/2000 Upload Date: 7/25/2019 5:28:32 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK coach 7612 |
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Former Amtrak coach 7612 had been built by Budd in 1951 as Pennsylvania Railroad 1593, one of 32 66-seat coaches with 14-seat smoking sections for service on the CONGRESSIONAL LIMITED and the SENATOR. It retained its original number on the Penn Central 1593 and was assigned Amtrak 7423 in 1976; but it retained its PRR/PC number until it was remodeled into high-capacity HEP CLOCKER car 7612 in November 1981. Amtrak sold the car to the Panarail Tourism Co. in 2000 and its tread brake trucks replaced the disc brake trucks under a 7000-series handicap accessible car that went to Panama. |
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11/20/2000 Upload Date: 8/6/2019 10:49:03 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
PTC coach RIO MAMONI |
| Description: |
Panarail Tourism Company coach RIO MAMONI was one of six passenger car that were shopped and remodeled in New Orleans for service on the Panama Canal Railway. The work was performed in and around the former Kansas City Southern diesel shop at West Yard by Peter Messina. RIO MAMONI and four other coaches were former Amtrak cars originally built by Budd in 1951 for service on the Pennsylvania Railroad's CONGRESSIONAL and SENATOR trains. Notice the open-air viewing platform which has been created at the far end of the car. This and three other cars were shipped from New Orleans, while the last two left from Houston. |
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3/13/2001 Upload Date: 12/14/2016 5:18:28 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
PTC coach RIO MAMONI |
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Panarail Tourism Company coach RIO MAMONI was one of six passenger car that were shopped and remodeled in New Orleans for service on the Panama Canal Railway. The work was performed in and around the former Kansas City Southern diesel shop at WEST YARD by Peter Messina and his crew. This car was originally Pennsylvania Railroad 1575 and it kept this number on the Penn Central. It went to Amtrak in 1976 and was assigned number 7406, but it kept its original number until it was remodeled as handicap-accessible high-capacity HEP car 7006 in October 1981. This image illustrates how truck work was done at Pete’s shop. The 7006 came from Amtrak with disc brakes and received trucks with tread brakes from a sister car. |
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3/16/2001 Upload Date: 8/3/2019 1:13:54 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Mail Storage Car>1754 |
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Amtrak mail storage car 1754 began life in 1950 as Southern Pacific coach 2376, built by Budd for the SUNSET LIMITED. It was subsequently T&NO 449, SP 2237, AMTK 4424 and AMTK 4008, before being rebuilt into baggage car 1725. It was renumbered 1754 when it was designated a mail storage car. The little lettering on each end of the letterboard reads U.S. MAIL ONLY. The car was photographed on the northbound CITY OF NEW ORLEAMS at Hammond, Louisiana. |
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4/27/2002 Upload Date: 10/6/2018 1:03:43 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK MHC 1460 |
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Amtrak 1460 was a materials handling car on the rear of train 59, the southbound CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, on the CN-IC at Hammond, Louisiana. The car had been built by Thrall in 1986 and was retired in July 2003. Cars 1400-1473 utilized the trucks from former Railway Express Agency express refrigerator cars. |
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4/27/2002 Upload Date: 5/8/2019 3:26:04 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
LSTX 5 |
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This former Army hospital car named AZALEA was photographed at the New Orleans Public Belt’s engine terminal. Its interior had been stripped and it had been partially modified with an open platform. Coincidentally, it had been built with an open platform, but that was at the near end of the car! It was built by Pullman Car & Manufacturing Co. as a Plan 3959 3-compartment/2-drawing-room/lounge observation car, probably CENTRAL HOUSE (Lot 4886) on 11 September 1925 or CENTRAL POINT (Lot 4971) on 1 October 1926. It was remodeled as a U.S. Army HOSPITAL WARD CAR in 1943, and subsequent owners included William O. Savage then Al K. Nippert who donated it to the Louisiana Railway Heritage Trust. After this shot was taken, its remodeling was completed in 2005 by the Louisiana Steam Train Association (LASTA) as hospitality car LSTX 5 JEFFERSON. |
| Photo Date: |
9/12/2002 Upload Date: 3/8/2019 10:50:09 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
CN load test car 2950 |
| Description: |
This narrow-gauge load test car was built as a steam generator car by Canadian Car & Foundry and the Canadian National. |
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8/18/1978 Upload Date: 2/27/2015 1:02:16 PM |
| Location: |
St.John's, NL |
| Author: |
Todd Minsk |
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RollingStock,Passenger |
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CN 923(NF-210) |
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| Title: |
CN Steam Generator Car 2952 |
| Description: |
Narrow-gauge steam-generator car built by Canadian Car & FoHndry and Canadian National. |
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8/19/1978 Upload Date: 2/25/2015 6:03:52 PM |
| Location: |
St Johns, NL |
| Author: |
Todd Minsk |
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| Title: |
CN Steam Generator Car 2956 |
| Description: |
Narrow-gauge sieam-generator car built by Canadian Car & Foundry and Canadian National |
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8/20/1978 Upload Date: 2/25/2015 6:09:31 PM |
| Location: |
Corner Brook, NL |
| Author: |
Todd Minsk |
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RollingStock,Passenger |
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| Title: |
AMTK 2004 |
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16-single room/10-double-room sleeper 2004 was photographed leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on the northbound PANAMA LIMITED. This car was built by Budd in June 1949 as New York Central 22-roomette car TOLEDO HARBOR, and was later assigned NYC number 10379. Budd rebuilt it into un-named SLUMBERCOACH 10816 in 1961; it was subsequently assigned Penn Central number 4206, and then became Amtrak 2004. It was rebuilt as HEP car 2055 in 1982, and regained its original name! (date approximate) |
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11/1/1973 Upload Date: 8/9/2009 3:29:57 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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| Title: |
AMTK 2017 WREN |
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WREN was one of eleven 16-duplex-roomette / 4-double-bedroom cars built by Budd in mid-1954 as Baltimore & Ohio 7100-7110. B&O 7110 was placed in service on 10 June 1954, became Seaboard Coast Line economy sleeper 6707 in 1969 and then Amtrak 2017 in 1971, and was renumbered Amtrak 2537 in 1976 when it was redesignated a first class car. The car was photographed at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal while being used as a dormitory car on a special train from Chicago. It was retired in 1985 and sold in 1988. |
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8/15/1976 Upload Date: 8/6/2019 10:38:16 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
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| Title: |
AMTK 2704 WEST PALM BEACH |
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Plan 9503 10-roomette/6-double-bedroom sleeper WEST PALM BEACH, built by Budd in July 1949 as Seaboard Air Line 42, then Seaboard Cost Line 6627, and then Amtrak 2704. Assigned Amtrak HEP number 2477, but never rebuilt. Photographed on the westbound SUNSET leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. |
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4/29/1976 Upload Date: 8/9/2009 11:41:36 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 2707 BRADENTON |
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This was the bedroom side of Amtrak 10-roomette/6-double bedroom sleeper 2707 BRADENTON at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. It was one of a dozen Plan 9503 cars – six for the Pennsylvania and six for the Seaboard – built by Budd in late 1949 for Florida service over the two railroads. This car was originally Pennsylvania 8334, then Penn-Central 4368 and then Amtrak 2707. It was assigned HERITAGE FLEET number 2480; but it was never converted to HEP and it was sold in 1991. As of 2019 the car was at the Florida Railroad Museum in Parrish, Florida as RPCX 999995. (approximate date) |
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1/1/1975 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 7:34:46 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 2707 BRADENTON |
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This is the aisle side of Amtrak 10-roomette/6-double bedroom sleeper 2707 BRADENTON at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. It was one of a dozen Plan 9503 cars – six for the Pennsylvania and six for the Seaboard – built by Budd in late 1949 for Florida service over the two railroads. This car was originally Pennsylvania 8334, then Penn-Central 4368 and then Amtrak 2707. It was assigned HERITAGE FLEET number 2480; but it was never converted to HEP and it was sold in 1991. As of 2019 the car was at the Florida Railroad Museum in Parrish, Florida as RPCX 999995. (approximate date) |
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2/1/1975 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 7:35:11 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 2729 PINE RAPIDS |
| Description: |
Plan 9521 10-roomette/6-double-bedroom sleeper PINE RAPIDS, built by Budd in March 1950 for the Santa Fe, later assigned ATSF number 1640; to Amtrak 2729, then rebuilt for HEP as Amtrak 2982 in 1977. Photographed on the westbound SUNSET leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. |
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11/29/1974 Upload Date: 8/9/2009 11:48:12 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 2751 PALM DOME |
| Description: |
Plan 9014 10-roomette/6-double-bedroom sleeper PALM DOME, built by American Car & Foundry in June 1951 for the Santa Fe, later assigned ATSF number 1602, then Amtrak 2751. Photographed on westbound SUNSET leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. |
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2/7/1975 Upload Date: 8/9/2009 11:57:20 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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AMTK 2773 NORFOLK |
| Description: |
Plan 4140A 10-roomette/6-double-bedroom sleeper NORFOLK, built by Pullman-Standard in May 1949 as Seaboard Air Line 27. It was subsequently Seaboard Coast Line 6617, and then Amtrak 2773. Notice the fluted roof, not usually seen on P-S cars. |
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2/6/1978 Upload Date: 8/9/2009 3:43:02 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 2796 UNION COUNTY |
| Description: |
Plan 4140 10-roomette/6-double-bedroom sleeper UNION COUNTY leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on the northbound PANAMA LIMITED. The car was built by Pullman-Standard in September 1949 as Pennsylvania Railroad 8349, for use on Atlantic Coast Line trains. It was assigned Penn Central number 4380, and then became Amtrak 2796 in 1974. After retirement by Amtrak in 1977, it went to Mexico as SCD (Servicio de Coches Dormitorios y Conexos) 721 OCEANIA. |
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7/31/1976 Upload Date: 8/9/2009 3:49:49 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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AMTK 2797 MIDDLE RIVER |
| Description: |
Plan 4140 10-roomette/6-double-bedroom sleeper MIDDLE RIVER was photographed leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on the northbound PANAMA LIMITED. The car was built by Pullman-Standard in October 1949 as Pennsylvania Railroad 8354, for use on the CRESCENT. It was subsequently Penn Central 4374 and then Amtrak 2797. |
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7/5/1975 Upload Date: 8/9/2009 4:06:37 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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AMTK 2798 TORONTO ISLANDS |
| Description: |
This Plan 9503 10-roomette/6-double-bedroom sleeper was built by Budd in August 1949 as Pennsylvania Railroad 8451 SCIOTO RAPIDS. It was subsequently Penn Central 4334 in 1968, renamed TORONTO ISLANDS in September 1970, and sold to Amtrak in 1974. |
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10/17/1977 Upload Date: 8/9/2009 4:13:36 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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AMTK 2803 VOLUSIA COUNTY |
| Description: |
Plan 4167 10-roomette/6-double-bedroom sleeper VOLUSIA COUN+Y leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on the northbound PANAMA LIMITED. The car was built by Pullman-Standard in July 1950 as Chesapea`e & Ohio 2618 CITY OF ALDERSON. It became Atlantic Coast Line VOLUSIA COUNTY in October 1950, then Seaboard Cost Line 6657, and then Amtrak 2803* Plan 4167 sleepers had their bedrooms in the middle of the car, with five roomettes on each end. |
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1/26/1975 Upload Date: 8/9/2009 9:42:04 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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AMTK 2836 MISSOURI VALLEY |
| Description: |
Plan 9510 10-roomette/6-double-bedroom sleeper MISSOURI VALLEY; built by Budd in December 1948 for the New York Central, later numbered 10136, then Penn Central 4276. |
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10/13/1976 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 7:34:23 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 2890 |
| Description: |
Amtrak sleeper 2890 was on the northbound CRESCENT leaving New Orleans shortly after the train received HERITAGE FLEET equipment. This 10 compartment-6 double bedroom car was built in 1950 as Union Pacific PACIFIC UNION and was numbered 1446 when Pullman went out of the sleeping car business in 1969. It became Amtrak 2637, then HERITAGE FLEET car 2890, and then privately-owned car 800640 which was based in the New Orleans area for many years. |
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8/1/1980 Upload Date: 9/15/2018 2:38:14 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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AMTK 2911 PACIFIC FOREST |
| Description: |
HEP 10"roomette/6-double bedroom sleeper PACIFIC FOREST was on the PANAMA LIMITED at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The Plan 9522 car was bwilt in February 1950 for the Union Pacific, and was later numbered 1415. Its first Amtrak number was 2611, and it was renumbered 2911 when it was modified for#head-end power (HEP) operation in 1977. When this photo was taken, the PANAMA had just become an HEP train. |
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2/6/1978 Upload Date: 8/9/2009 10:18:53 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Passenger |
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| Title: |
AMTK 3102 |
| Description: |
Lounge car 3102 began life as U.S. Army hospital car 89507, built by the St. Louis Car Co. in 1954. It was rebuilt by Amtrak as lounge car 3401, and then renumbered 3102 when upgraded to head-end power. The car was photographed at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. |
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10/5/1985 Upload Date: 8/26/2011 12:47:41 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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RollingStock,Passenger |
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AMTK 3203 CRYSTAL STREAM |
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CRYSTAL STREAM was a Plan 9505 6-double-bedroom/buffet/lounge built by Budd in March 1949 for the New York Central, one of eleven such cars in Lot. No. 9663. First numbered NYC 10620-10630, ten of them went into the Penn Central 4411-4423 series, and nine of these became AMTK 3200-3208. CRYSTAL STREAM was NYC 10625, then NYC 661 for use as a parlor car, and then PC 4414. The car was photographed on the PANAMA LIMITED at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. |
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9/18/1976 Upload Date: 8/26/2011 12:48:27 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 3232 SUN VIEW |
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SUN VIEW was a Plan 4202 5-double-bedroom/buffet/lounge built by Pullman-Standard in January 1956 for the Seaboard Air Line, one of three such Sun Room lounge cars in Lot. No. 6970. This car was originally SAL 18 MIAMI BEACH and then SCL 6502 SUN VIEW in 1967, and was photographed on the PANAMA LIMITED at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. |
| Photo Date: |
12/24/1976 Upload Date: 8/26/2011 12:49:23 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 3253 CITY OF CLEVELAND |
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CITY OF CLEVELAND was a Plan 4169 5-double-bedroom/cafe/lounge built by Pullman-Standard in May 1950 for the Nickel Plate Road, one of two such cars in Lot. No. 6867. The car also included a room for its 2-man crew. These cars were built for service on trains 5 and 6, the NICKEL PLATE LIMITED, between Buffalo and Chicago. The train carried a diner-lounge east of Cleveland, but west of there the café in these cars provided light meals for Pullman passengers. This car was number 150 on both the NKP and the N&W, and was photographed on the PANAMA LIMITED at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. |
| Photo Date: |
2/27/1976 Upload Date: 8/26/2011 12:54:50 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 3260 WINGATE BROOK
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| Description: |
WINGATE BROOK was a Plan 9508 5-double-bedroom/buffet/lounge observation car built by Budd in July 1949 for the New York Central, one of three such cars in Lot. No. 9636 built for service on the SOUTHWESTERN LIMITED. This car was originally NYC 10632 and then NYC 10632 in 1958. It was photographed leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on the westbound SUNSET LIMITED, substituting for one of the former CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR dome-observation cars which were usually assigned to the train between October 1976 and February 1977. |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/1976 Upload Date: 8/26/2011 12:55:31 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 3341 |
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Car 3341 was built by Budd in 1947 as Seaboard Air Line 6601, one of six round-end bar-lounge observation cars (6600-6605) initially assigned to the upgraded SILVER METEOR and the new SILVER COMET. SAL added rear diaphragms to three of the cars around 1955. All six became Seaboard Coast Line 5840-5845 and then Amtrak 3340-3345. The car was photographed on the PANAMA LIMITED. |
| Photo Date: |
11/16/1975 Upload Date: 8/26/2011 12:56:40 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 3342 |
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Car 3342 was built by Budd in 1947 as Seaboard Air Line 6602, one of six round-end bar-lounge observation cars (6600-6605) initially assigned to the upgraded SILVER METEOR and the new SILVER COMET. SAL added rear diaphragms to three of the cars around 1955. All six became Seaboard Coast Line 5840-5845 and then Amtrak 3340-3345. The car was photographed on the southbound PANAMA LIMITED. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1976 Upload Date: 8/26/2011 5:03:41 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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| Title: |
AMTK 3344 |
| Description: |
Car 3344 was built by Budd in 1947 as Seaboard Air Line 6604, one of six round-end bar-lounge observation cars (6600-6605) initially assigned to the upgraded SILVER METEOR and the new SILVER COMET. SAL added rear diaphragms to three of the cars around 1955. All six became Seaboard Coast Line 5840-5845 and then Amtrak 3340-3345. The car was photographed leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on the northbound PANAMA LIMITED. (approximate month) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1976 Upload Date: 8/26/2011 5:03:13 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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| Title: |
AMTK 3344 |
| Description: |
Car 3344 was built by Budd in 1947 as Seaboard Air Line 6604, one of six round-end bar-lounge observation cars (6600-6605) initially assigned to the upgraded SILVER METEOR and the new SILVER COMET. SAL added rear diaphragms to three of the cars around 1955. All six became Seaboard Coast Line 5840-5845 and then Amtrak 3340-3345. The car was photographed on the PANAMA LIMITED. |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1976 Upload Date: 8/26/2011 5:02:46 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 3345 |
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A switch engine was pulling the PANAMA LIMITED's cars through the train washer at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, while the power which brought the train in from Chicago rests at the sand tower. Car 3345 was built by Budd in 1947 as Seaboard Air Line 6605, one of six round-end bar-lounge observation cars (6600-6605) initially assigned to the upgraded SILVER METEOR and the new SILVER COMET. SAL added rear diaphragms to three of the cars around 1955. All six became Seaboard Coast Line 5840-5845 and then Amtrak 3340-3345. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1976 Upload Date: 8/26/2011 12:57:49 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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RollingStock,Passenger |
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AMTK 717(P30CH) |
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| Title: |
AMTK 3350 |
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Amtrak 3350 was a Plan 7507 car built by Pullman-Standard in 1947 as Santa Fe bar-lounge-news stand-nurse room car 1347. There were three cars in this group (1347-1349), and two of them went to Amtrak as buffet-lounge cars 3350 and 3351. The 3350 was on the westbound SUNSET leaving New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
6/26/1974 Upload Date: 8/24/2011 8:18:59 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 3351 |
| Description: |
Amtrak 3351 was a Plan 7507 car built by Pullman-Standard in 1947 as Santa Fe bar-lounge-news stand-nurse room car 1349. There were three cars in this group (1347-1349), and two of them went to Amtrak as buffet-lounge cars 3350 and 3351. The 3351 was on the westbound SUNSET leaving New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
9/6/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2011 8:19:32 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 3393 |
| Description: |
Amtrak 3393 was a Plan 7622 car built by Pullman-Standard in 1950 as Santa Fe bar-lounge-dormitory-barber shop car 1342. There were six cars in this group (1339-1344) and all of them went to Amtrak as buffet-lounge-dormitory cars 3390-3395. The 3393 was on the westbound SUNSET at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. |
| Photo Date: |
1/2/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2011 8:20:01 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 3395 |
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Amtrak 3395 was a Plan 7622 car built by Pullman-Standard in 1950 as Santa Fe bar-lounge-dormitory-barber shop car 1344. There were six cars in this group (1339-1344) and all of them went to Amtrak as buffet-lounge-dormitory cars 3390-3395. The 3395 was on the westbound SUNSET at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1974 Upload Date: 8/24/2011 8:20:43 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 3800 |
| Description: |
3800 was built by Budd in 1940 as Seaboard Air Line 6500, one of three blunt-end observation cars (6500-6502) with 30 coach seats, a mid-car stewardess room and buffet, and a 24-seat lounge for service on the expanded SILVER METEOR. The cars initially ran in the middle of the train between New York and Wildwood, and then on the rear of the Miami section after the Tampa and Miami sections were split at Wildwood; but were soon transferred to the Tampa section with a proper round-end observation going to Miami. It was renumbered 5800 after the formation of the Seaboard Coats Line on 1 July 1967. The line number 5814 shows that the car will be used on train No. 58, the northbound PANAMA LIMITED. |
| Photo Date: |
8/24/1974 Upload Date: 8/26/2011 5:01:43 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
AMTK 3800 |
| Description: |
3800 was built by Budd in 1940 as Seaboard Air Line 6500, one of three blunt-end observation cars (6500-6502) with 30 coach seats, a mid-car stewardess room and buffet, and a 24-seat lounge for service on the expanded SILVER METEOR. The cars initially ran in the middle of the train between New York and Wildwood, and then on the rear of the Miami section after the Tampa and Miami sections were split at Wildwood; but were soon transferred to the Tampa section with a proper round-end observation going to Miami. It was renumbered 5800 after the formation of the Seaboard Coats Line on 1 July 1967. The car was photographed on the northbound PANAMA LIMITED. (approximate month) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1976 Upload Date: 8/26/2011 5:02:10 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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