| Budd 1949...to AMTK #2616...rebuilt with HEP in 1979 & re#2885. Retired & sold 2001. Chuck Jensen purchased the car in 2009, after it had sat on a severed piece of track for several years. The car was transferred to the shop of the Morristown & Erie Railway in Morristown, NJ, and Jensen began restoring the car with the help of other mechanics. The Amtrak-applied wall carpeting was removed from the interior, and the electronics were fully upgraded. A new shower was installed, and a bathroom replaced one of the roomettes. The car now sleeps 21 people in 6 bedrooms and 9 roomettes. A generator was added so the car could power itself without power from a locomotive. |