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the pre-HEP Diners


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Location & Information  Date  Photo Credit
8006
Boston		  Arlington VA
ex SCL 5906
ex ACL Boston
8006, the only one of the pre-WWII 8000-8010 series to be named as an Amtrak-owned car.		  February 1978  Dick Leonhardt
8011 Trenton NJ
nee-Seaboard Air Line 6106
then Seaboard Coast Line 5911		 Nov 8, 1981 from the
collection of
Albert Phleep
(R Eastwood)
8016 Trenton NJ
nee-Seaboard Air Line 6111
then Seaboard Coast Line 5916		 April 22, 1980 from the
collection of
Albert Phleep
(R Eastwood)
8017

Trenton NJ
nee-Seaboard Air Line 6112,
then Seaboard Coast Line 5917

 March 22, 1981 from the
collection of
Albert Phleep
(R Eastwood)
 8018  Boca Raton FL
ex SCL1518
ex SAL 6113		  April 25, 2000  Jeff Lubchansky
8020 Trenton NJ
The car was originally Florida East Coast Fort Dallas, then Seaboard Air Line 6116, then Seaboard Coast Line #5920		 June 22, 1980 from the
collection of
Albert Phleep
(R Eastwood)
8021 Trenton NJ   from the
collection of
Albert Phleep
(R Eastwood)
 8030   Houston TX
(ex-Santa Fe #1477)
on Lone Star		  March 1979  Gary Morris
 8031  Los Angeles CA
ex ATSF 1479		  June 4, 1974 from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
8034  Houston TX
ex ATSF 1483
eastbound on Sunset Ltd		  May 1976  Gary Morris
8036 in Amtrak service -
still lettered ATSF 1491 		    Dave Hickinbotham
Houston TX
on Sunset Limited
February 1978
 Gary Morris
 Temple,TX
(ex-Santa Fe) diner #8040
on Lone Star
 March 1976
 Gary Morris
Houston TX
Silver Restaurant (exCB&Q)
 February 1979
 Gary Morris
Houston TX
Silver Restaurant (exCB&Q)
 February 1979
 Gary Morris
Houston TX
Silver Restaurant (exCB&Q)
 February 1979
 Gary Morris
 8070   ex-AT&SF 601-
built for the "Super Chief		    John Kuehl
 8070   ex-AT&SF 601-
built for the "Super Chief		   John Kuehl
 8072 ex-AT&SF 603    John Kuehl
 8075     John Kuehl
 8096  Chicago IL  July 30, 1972  John Kuehl
 8102  Spokane WA August 13, 1974  from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
8400  Newark NJ
the "other "8400
now out of service &
looking a little tired		  Jan 29, 2000  Jeff Lubchansky
  8503 pre "HEP" diner
ex SP 10403 - steel car built by Pullman in 1949		  May 17, 1975  from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 8800/ 8801 Cleveland OH
(ex-PRR) twin unit diners		  Dec 78  Gary Morris
 PC 4622/
AMT 8806		  Chicago IL   1972  John Kuehl
 PC 4623/
AMT 8807		  Chicago IL  1972  John Kuehl
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This archive was first accessed August 1996