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Owner: Amtrak
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
AMTK Class:   Heritage
User Notes:   Dome 46 seat chair, ex-#9485, nee-CB&Q #558, NORTH COAST LIMITED, Budd, 1954

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AMTK 9406
Title:  AMTK 9406
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Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 3/13/2008 10:00:21 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories:  RollingStock
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AMTK 9406
Title:  AMTK 9406
Description:  Amtrak Coach 9406 at 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois on September 27, 1986, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 9406 was built by Budd in 1954 as CB&Q number 558, part of the Burlington's contribution to the North Coast Limited. It became AMTK 9485, was converted to HEP in June 1983 and renumbered AMTK 9406, sold in April 1995 to Rail Adventures, Inc., named THE OBSERVATORY and assigned number 800290.
Photo Date:  9/27/1986  Upload Date: 1/9/2015 12:38:59 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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The Capitol Limited
Title:  The Capitol Limited
Description:  #30 The Capitol Limited departs for Chicago.
Photo Date:  12/31/1987  Upload Date: 9/8/2012 10:57:04 PM
Location:  Fort Wayne, IN
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  612   Comments: 0
#800290 THE OBSERVATORY
Title:  #800290 THE OBSERVATORY
Description:  Built in 1954 by Budd in Lot #9646-141 as CB&Q dome 46 seat chair #558, 1 of 10 such cars built in that Lot, which was ordered in March 1953 for the NORTH COAST LIMITED; cars were delivered between June and August 1954. NP owned 7 (#550-#556), CB&Q owned 2 (#557-#558), and SP&S owned 1 (#559). These 10 cars were intended to be renumbered as BN #4617-#4626, but these numbers were not applied. Sold in 1971 to Amtrak as #9477-#9486. In 1983, Amtrak converted 9 of these 10 cars to HEP #9400-#9408, #9485 was converted to HEP #9406 in June 1983. Retired and sold in 1995 to Tom McOwen's Cincinnati Railway Company. Leased between 1998 and 2000 to Grand Canyon RY as #2097 KOKOPELLI (1st), then reconfigured to dome 3DB sleeper diner lounge and renamed THE OBSERVATORY. For more info, see Phil Dohmen's website: http://www.trainweb.org/railnewspb/Q/ and http://trainweb.org/web_lurker/NP/ 1 of 28 private cars that arrived in Seattle over several days for the 2013 AAPRCO convention train to Napa, CA. EXIF: 4:08 PM, f/3 @ 1/500, ISO-100
Photo Date:  9/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 2:56:21 AM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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CBQ 558
Title:  CBQ 558
Description:  800290 PPCX or RPCX or other?
Photo Date:  10/20/2013  Upload Date: 11/28/2013 3:01:41 PM
Location:  Hinton, WV
Author:  G Gerard
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Views:  549   Comments: 0
#800290 STAMPEDE PASS
Title:  #800290 STAMPEDE PASS
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/22/2016  Upload Date: 5/20/2019 12:34:04 AM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  280   Comments: 0
#800290 STAMPEDE PASS
Title:  #800290 STAMPEDE PASS
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/22/2016  Upload Date: 5/20/2019 12:34:07 AM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  311   Comments: 0
PAXX 800290
Title:  PAXX 800290
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/2/2018  Upload Date: 9/7/2018 8:32:12 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Station,Passenger,Track,Action
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Views:  305   Comments: 0


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