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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:   Dining Car
User Notes:   ex-ATSF 1494

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AMTK Diner 8039
Title:  AMTK Diner 8039
Description:  Amtrak diner 8039, on the Sunset Limited. ex ATSF 1494, Budd 1942.
Photo Date:  3/13/1974  Upload Date: 7/23/2009 7:39:14 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  RollingStock
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AMTK 8039
Title:  AMTK 8039
Description:  Thirty-six seat diner 8039 was originally Santa Fe 1494, one of eight cars (1491-1498) completed under Budd Lot. No. 96915 in June and July 1942. These were some of the last passenger cars built after the War Production Board ended the construction of new passenger cars during WWII. The outside-swing-hanger-trucks were a post-war modification. This was one of very few pre-WWII cars initially purchased by Amtrak, and was acquired because the Santa Fe wanted to sell all of its lightweight cars as a package deal. The 8039 was photographed on the SUNSET LIMITED, and was sold in 1981.
Photo Date:  12/10/1975  Upload Date: 8/30/2011 5:22:04 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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