mis-marked Transition Sleeper?

[dan72]

I was down in Red Wing for the weekend to watch Milwaukee Road 261 come through both days (part of the Minnesota's 150th year of statehood celebration). I watched the EB come through on Saturday and noticed the trans dorm sleeper to be marked as 'Coachclass' down by the vestibule door. I had to look at it a couple of times to make sure I wasn't seeing things, but it was clearly a transition sleeper. Very bizarre. Has anybody else seen this?

Also, the Amtrak superdome car was a part of the 261 train consist, so that was a cool sighting as well.

Dan

 

[MrFSS]

I was down in Red Wing for the weekend to watch Milwaukee Road 261 come through both days (part of the Minnesota's 150th year of statehood celebration). I watched the EB come through on Saturday and noticed the trans dorm sleeper to be marked as 'Coachclass' down by the vestibule door. I had to look at it a couple of times to make sure I wasn't seeing things, but it was clearly a transition sleeper. Very bizarre. Has anybody else seen this?
Also, the Amtrak superdome car was a part of the 261 train consist, so that was a cool sighting as well.

Dan

Were you able to take some pictures?

 

[Tony]

I watched the EB come through on Saturday and noticed the trans dorm sleeper to be marked as 'Coachclass' down by the vestibule door. I had to look at it a couple of times to make sure I wasn't seeing things, but it was clearly a transition sleeper. Very bizarre. Has anybody else seen this?

Dumb question... could Amtrak have done some body maintenance, and replaced a body skin panel with one from a coach?

 

[dan72]

I was down in Red Wing for the weekend to watch Milwaukee Road 261 come through both days (part of the Minnesota's 150th year of statehood celebration). I watched the EB come through on Saturday and noticed the trans dorm sleeper to be marked as 'Coachclass' down by the vestibule door. I had to look at it a couple of times to make sure I wasn't seeing things, but it was clearly a transition sleeper. Very bizarre. Has anybody else seen this?
Also, the Amtrak superdome car was a part of the 261 train consist, so that was a cool sighting as well.

Dan

Were you able to take some pictures?

Oh yes! It was a rainy weekend, but I was able to get several shots:

Arriving into Red Wing:

http://picasaweb.google.com/dptomhave/Big4...655245553528658

Passing by Lock & Dam #5, south of Lake City, MN

http://picasaweb.google.com/dptomhave/Big4...675631711687506

Amtrak Superdome:

http://picasaweb.google.com/dptomhave/Big4...658468919941026

Milwaukee Road Superdome:

http://picasaweb.google.com/dptomhave/Big4...675647544756482

Cedar Rapids Skydome:

http://picasaweb.google.com/dptomhave/Big4...677981350145186

261 and Amtrak 198 (it was wearing the Hiawatha decal on the other side under the cab):

http://picasaweb.google.com/dptomhave/Big4...677988881930114

http://picasaweb.google.com/dptomhave/Big4...677993148238898

Passing under the Withers Harbor Drive in Red Wing heading back north to Minneapolis:

http://picasaweb.google.com/dptomhave/Big4...688993905547490

A rail shot of 261 the next day back in Red Wing:

http://picasaweb.google.com/dptomhave/Big4...949903737671170

Here's two videos of it. Passing by Frotenanc (kind of blurry at first as my camera was not focusing):

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7...86630&hl=en

Departing from Winona:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=40...56823&hl=en

Enjoy!

Dan

 

[VentureForth]

Nice pictures!

I think he may have been asking if you had a photo of the transition sleeper/coach...

 

[dan72]

Nice pictures!
I think he may have been asking if you had a photo of the transition sleeper/coach...

I kind of wondered....just uploaded them: :blink:

http://picasaweb.google.com/dptomhave/MisM...ey=8lsV7_EqrZk#

 

[MrFSS]

Nice pictures!
I think he may have been asking if you had a photo of the transition sleeper/coach...

I kind of wondered....just uploaded them: :blink:

http://picasaweb.google.com/dptomhave/MisM...ey=8lsV7_EqrZk#

Yet look at THIS view on another site.

 

[dan72]

Nice pictures!
I think he may have been asking if you had a photo of the transition sleeper/coach...

I kind of wondered....just uploaded them: :blink:

http://picasaweb.google.com/dptomhave/MisM...ey=8lsV7_EqrZk#

Yet look at THIS view on another site.

Looks like somebody dropped the ball when they went to the Phase IVb scheme on that car....

Probably the same people who were putting 'ATMRAK' on some of the locomotives a couple of years ago...

Dan