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Owner: Amtrak
Type: Diner
AAR Class: PD: Car equipped for food or beverage service.
AAR Type: M520
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
User Notes:   SILVER CHEF, Ex 8054, wrecked 08/1994 at Batavia, NY

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Amtrak 8503
Title:  Amtrak 8503
Description:  Diner 8503, nee Silver Chef, seen here on the New York section of the Lake Shore Limited at Albany in 1980.
Photo Date:  5/11/1980  Upload Date: 12/2/2018 11:00:47 AM
Location:  Albany, NY
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
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AMTK 8503
Title:  AMTK 8503
Description:  Amtrak 8503, once named SILVER CHEF, at the wheel shop around 17th Street in Chicago, Illinois on July 26, 1983, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 8503 was built by Budd on Job 9624-169, ordered in February 1955, delivered in October 1956. The Budd Job was for two diners for the CB&Q's Denver Zephyr, number 201, named the SILVER CHEF, and number 202, named the SILVER TUREEN. Number 201 became AMTK 8054, and was converted to HEP in December 1979 and renumbered 8503. It was wrecked at Batavia, New York in August 1994. The report of the accident is at this address: https://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reports/1996/RAR9602.pdf
Photo Date:  7/26/1983  Upload Date: 11/14/2014 12:42:20 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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AMTK 8503
Title:  AMTK 8503
Description:  ex-SP 10403 hamburger grill - lounge
Photo Date:  10/24/2006  Upload Date: 2/23/2013 8:21:52 PM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  Brent McGregor Collection
Categories:  Passenger
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