It has taken a little while for me to gather a response, but I was able to go through some associates and obtain a response from a project engineer involved with Amtrak's initial selection of equipme
Thanks. This information is very helpful. I wonder if the reason these cars had such a deferred maintenance pricetag was that they had been mothballed whereas the Ex-DZ and CZ cars were in continuous
SJL, Interesting. Also interesting that you can see those 1977 cars in storage. Between the 1980-1983 BN got into a "numbers game" that had to get rid of anything based on numbers. This included both
Date on photo is May, '77, 6 years after AMTRAK. I can remember some cars in the NP Comm. Yard in '72 & '73 having vandal damage. They were not protected by railroad Special Agents. Anybody had free
The date is definitely well after Amtrak made its selection and would be consistent with Amtrak having not selected the cars. I guess the question would be is why the two diners had the high estimate
Tim Do you have the estimates on the Q diners Amtrak took? Silver Diner Silver Restaurant Silver Cafe Silver Cuisine Silver Chef Silver Tureen Also, were the estimates itemized and is that informatio
Stephen: I do not have the answers to your questions below, but I can work through my channels to see if I can get some more answers and if successful will take some time to get. I'm puzzled with the
Thank you very much. Usually these investigations are worthwhile because you end up learning something new. sjl I do not have the answers to your questions below, but I can work through my channels t
I can say that any Transportation, Rail,Bridge,Truck,Airplane, whatever is always presented as "Deferred Maintenance". From the day it was brand new it gets to break and where out. It will only be do
I have always been curious as to why the 1952 diners Silver Inn and Silver Manor were not acquired by Amtrak. If BN was trying to hang onto the newer equipment for their own executive trains, the 195
It may be set by PC doing what Amtrak wanted. There were sets on lists and I'm not even sure that they were able to inspect everything that they could look at. It is my understandment that other than
I wonder if it had something to do with where the cars were assigned just prior to Amtrak, and also what diners Amtrak used on its San Francisco and Denver Zephyrs in the early years. I believe that,
Bill Kratville / Autoliner was the one who decided which western cars ended up in Amtrak, of the offered cars. Autoliner refurbished some, some were done by Pullman, some elsewhere. At the time, and
Of course, we know that, within only a few years after Amtrak selected its cars, the Silver Inn ended up in a derelict condition with other Burlington equipment. Obviously, the BN didn't need it. htt