I remember that the original list of cars that Amtrak was going to take did not include any Q cars, which surprised me. I would have thought that the Q cars would have been the most desirable because
Why not include diners Silver Salver and Silver Feast (both off of the third "Twins") in the question about the "Inn" and the "Manor"? Granted, the "Twin" diners were high-mileage cars but I doubt th
I wondered as well, why Silver Salver, Feast, Manor and Inn were not picked up by Amtrak. I recall that Amtrak preferred cars without propane tanks for use into NYC. Only cars with Presto Logs or woo
The CB&Q diners that Amtrak did acquire all used propane, until they were refurbished and converted into all-electric cars. I don't know if they made onto eastern trains until after their refurbishme
Stephen, Possibly Amtrak, in their original car selection, didn't want any Q cars because all of the post 1946 cars were built to the million pound buff load specification while most if not all other
Steve, I was at transportation college on 5-1-71, and went to work for Amtrak on 6-12-72 and remained there until 1979 when I took a sabbatical. But I had been a fan since 8-22-63 when I rode #17 fro