AMTK 818 going past the signal
Heritage sleeper Pine Gorge ex ATSF1630 to AMTK 2519 sleeper lounge
Date:
7/1/1997
Location:
Opa-locka, FL
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G Gerard
Locomotives:
AMTK 818(P40DC)
AMTK 83(P42DC)
Rolling Stock:
AMTK 2993 (Passenger Car)
AMTK 2519 (Passenger Car)
ATSF 1630 (Passenger Car)
AMTK 2720 (Passenger Car)
Author:
G Gerard
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Amtrak Silver Service & Florida Fun Train 1997-1999
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Built in 1950 by Budd in Lot #9660-038 to Plan #9521 as AT&SF 10RM-6DB sleeper #1630 PINE GORGE, 1 of 27 PINE-series cars built in that Lot, which was ordered in January 1948, cars were delivered between December 1949 and March 1950. 23 cars were sold in 1971 to Amtrak as #2710-#2732, PINE GORGE as #2720. 1 additional car, #1632 PINE HILL was sold in 1974 to Amtrak as #2733. Amtrak converted 22 of the 24 cars to HEP in 2 batches, the majority of which (18 total) were converted in 1977-1978, including PINE GORGE, which was converted to HEP #2993 in March 1978. Between 1997 and 1999, Amtrak converted 11 of these 22 to crew dormitory-lounges, PINE GORGE was converted to dormitory #2519 in September 1998. #2519 was retired in June 2006. For more info on the PINE-series sleepers, see Tom Madden's Pullman Project CCR database: http://pullmanproject.com/Database.htm and this thread: http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=36584
7/17/2014 3:55:54 PM
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