Amtrak Dorm Lounges in phase IVB

[Amtrak Kid]

Hello everyone,

I've noticed several phase IVB dorm lounges kicking around, what numbers are they, and are they just repainted or completely remanufactured.

Thanks

Corey

 

[AmtrakFan]

Remanufactured. I know of 2504 and 2509.

 

[Amtrak Kid]

sweet! do you have any pictures of these? and what do they say on the side? dorm lounge, because i know they changed alot of the wording.

Corey

 

[RailFanLNK]

What is an IVB dorm room? Sorry, but I am a railrookie but hungry to learn!

 

[AmtrakFan]

That's Ok Rail Rookie, it is in Amtrak's,new Paint which is IVb on the Passenger Cars, the car is used on Eastern Overnight Trains. To Answer Your Question Amtrak Kid Yes I do but not a very good one of the car, I took it out of a Train coming into Chicago.

 

[AlanB]

And to further clarify, they are talking about the old single level cars that Amtrak uses on it's Eastern routes. These cars are used only for the crew members to sleep and relax in, passengers never see the inside of them, unless they happen to befriend a crew member.

You won't see these cars on any train that uses Superliner equipment, mainly the trains west of the Mississippi, along with the Capitol Limited and the AutoTrain.

 

[Palmland]

These dorm lounge cars are Budd built 10 roomette, 6DBR cars with the bedrooms removed. Orginally they were to be used for smoking area for passengers but Amtrak went non smoking and the crews pitched a fit about passengers in their car so this nice open area goes unused.

Why not put a secure door into the crew roomette area then use the space for a lounge for first class passengers with one of the sleeper attendents available to serve light refreshments at certain times. This would be an expecially nice feature if the Amtrak replaces the current heritage diners with a make shift dining area in the current am-lounge car.

 

[boratwanksta]

Hello everyone,
I've noticed several phase IVB dorm lounges kicking around, what numbers are they, and are they just repainted or completely remanufactured.

Thanks

Corey

are these dorm lounges you mention Amfleet I or II railcars? i'm guessing that's the type of car you mean, as i thought most of those already had been repainted into the Phase IVB paint scheme.

 

[Amtrak Kid]

as said earlier they are budd 10-6 sleepers. I would appreciate pics of any quality.

Thanks

Corey