rtabern
Conductor
A couple of weeks ago I got to tour a rail facility outside of St. Louis that has a lot of old Amtrak equipment... including a lot of the old Santa Fe Hi-Level equipment parked out there... including the "missing" Pacific Parlour Car that was never refurbished (#39971)... Amtrak Buffet Cars... and even an Empire Builder car that was wrecked in the mid-80's at Fall River, WI... two ex-Amtrak slumber coaches... and the shell of the Mark Twain Zephyr that ran on the CB&Q between Burlington, IA and Hannibal, MO.
The facility is normally strictly off-limits... even to railfans... but the owner is a friend of a friend so I was able to get in there and get some pictures of everything.
Inside the un-refurbished PPC: http://rtabern.shutterfly.com/18207
All photos: http://rtabern.shutterfly.com/17974
Personally, I think it's a shame Amtrak didn't just refurbish a 6th PPC -- that way they could have had a "protect" PPC in LA and SEA. Now, if something happens to your PPC and its gets bad ordered... you'll get a Cross-Country Cafe replacement.
The facility is normally strictly off-limits... even to railfans... but the owner is a friend of a friend so I was able to get in there and get some pictures of everything.
Inside the un-refurbished PPC: http://rtabern.shutterfly.com/18207
All photos: http://rtabern.shutterfly.com/17974
Personally, I think it's a shame Amtrak didn't just refurbish a 6th PPC -- that way they could have had a "protect" PPC in LA and SEA. Now, if something happens to your PPC and its gets bad ordered... you'll get a Cross-Country Cafe replacement.
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