Amtrak Photo Archive the Power and Heater CarsGP40PH

Amtrak Photo Archive
the Head-End Power Cars and Steam Heater Cars

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When the delivery of new HEP cars outpaced HEP equipped locomotives old baggage cars and E8B were made into HEP cars

1910	ex BN HC10 became 660
1911	ex BN HC11 became 661
1912	ex BN HC12 became 662
1913	ex BN HC13 became 663
1914	ex BN HC14 became 664
1915	ex BN HC15 became 665
1916	ex AMTK 463 became 666		from the collection of Jim Hebner
1917	ex AMTK 469 became 667
1918	ex AMTK 456 became 668		from the collection of Jim Hebner
1919	ex AMTK468 became 669
1920	ex AMTK 466 became 670		from the collection of Jim Hebner
1921	Homewood IL ex AMTK 467 became 671	Feb 1976	RP Campbell
1921			from the collection of Jim Hebner

In October 1977 Amtrak 1910-1921 became 660-671, 1922-1926 became 672-676, numbers 677- 684 not used?-
former 1291-1299 became 685-692 (1296 had already been scrapped after a wreck in Jan 1976)

Steam Heater Cars 660-676
		Location & Information	Date	Photo Credit
	660	Sacramento CA ex AMTK 1910	January 27, 1980	Jack Black
	660	Los Angeles CA Redondo Jct former BN/GN HC10 nee GN F3B 354B	April 5, 1981	Timothy Dickinson
	660	Los Angeles CA Redondo Jct	April 5, 1981	Timothy Dickinson
	660	Willets CA	May 23, 2006	Jonathan Peiffer
	661	New Haven CT	March 28,1982	from the collection of Frank Szachacz
	661	New Haven CT ex Amtrak 1911 ex Amtrak 11 ex BN/GN H-11 ex GN F-3B 434B built1947-48	March 28,1982	from the collection of Frank Szachacz
	663	Northeast PA owned by the Lakeshore Chapter NRHS nee GN F-3B 432B	June 25, 1988	Kevin DeGroff
	665	New Haven CT	May 22, 1983	from the collection of Frank Szachacz
	665 large	New Haven CT	May 22, 1983	from the collection of Frank Szachacz
	666	ex-Amtrak 1916, 463, 1463 ex Union Pacific 963B rebuilt to Steam Generator Car in 1975
	666
	Alaska RR P-6	Anchorage Alaska 666 was sold to Alaska RR - became their P6	Sept 1999	M. McCullor
	667
		westbound conrail through Dolton IL heading for scrapping	Nov 28, 1982	Tom Golden
	668	Portland OR	October 1978	Cliff West
	668	Portland OR	October 1978	Cliff West
	669	Built as UP 970B Became Amtrak 468, then 1919, later it was sold to Alaska RR - became their P7	October 1978	Cliff West
	670	ex-Amtrak 1920 ex-Amtrak 466 It was owned by the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum in Calera, Alabama and stored in Birmingham, Alabama near the Amtrak station. The unit was sold to Union Pacific and moved shortly after the photo was taken. UP, which numbered it 966B, bought the EB to add to their excursion set. It was no longer a true E unit; Amtrak had rebuilt it as a heater car in 1975	Jan 1995	Bryan Turner
	671	rebuilt to Steam Generator Car in 1975 ex-Amtrak 1921, 467 ex-Union Pacific 967b
	672	ex-AMTK 265
	673	ex-AMTK 272
	674	ex-AMTK 299
	675	Milwaukee WI ex-AMTK 303	undated	Mike Kaim
	676	ex-AMTK 314

	#	Location & Information	Date	Photo Credit

Head End Power cars originally built by St Louis Car in 1953 as Army kitchen cars Rebuilt into 1300 series Baggage cars in 1973 further rebuilt into 1290 series Head End Power Cars in 1975 renumbered into the 685-689 series about 1979-80
	685	ex Amtrak HEP 1291 ex Amtrak baggage 1300 nee US Army 89637	October 1977	John Kuehl
	686	New Haven CT ex-Amtrak 1292 ex Amtrak 1304 ex Army 89657	March 28, 1982	from the collection of Frank Szachacz
no photo yet	686	ex Amtrak HEP 1292 ex Amtrak baggage 1304 nee US Army 89657
no photo yet	687	ex Amtrak HEP 1293 ex Amtrak baggage 1305 nee US Army 89661
	688	ex Amtrak HEP 1294 ex Amtrak baggage 1306 nee US Army 89670
	688	preserved on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad	Oct 2005	Jim Hebner
	688	The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad runs through Ohio's only National Park, the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, from Cleveland to Akron and Canton	Oct 2005	Jim Hebner
	688		Oct 2005	Jim Hebner
no photo yet	689	ex Amtrak HEP 1295 ex Amtrak baggage 1307 nee US Army 89625
Built by Pullman Standard as coaches for UP in 1942 - rebuilt as HEP cars in 1975 by Auto Liner Corp
no photo yet	690	ex Amtrak HEP 1297 ex AutoLiner 300 nee Union Pacific 5351
	691	ex Amtrak HEP 1298 (shown here) ex AutoLiner 301 nee Union Pacific 5331	Oct 15 1975	Amtrak
		The generator set in 1298 used locomotive generator to allow for is reuse after the need for HEP cars was past. There were two generator sets per car	Oct 15 1975	Amtrak
		Controls in the 1298	Oct 15 1975	Amtrak
no photo yet	692	ex Amtrak HEP 1299 ex AutoLiner 302 nee Union Pacific 5364
693-696 Built in 1947 by ACF for NYC as end door baggage cars rebuilt in 1977 into HEP cars
no photo yet	693	ex Amtrak 1124 ex Penn Central 9151, ex NYC 9151
	694	Chicago IL ex Amtrak 1138 ex Penn Central 9166, ex NYC 9166	May 12, 1985	Paul Hunnell
no photo yet	695	ex Amtrak 1139 ex Penn Central 9170, ex NYC 9170
no photo yet	696	ex Amtrak 1126 ex Penn Central 9105, ex NYC 9105
	6	Albany NY I know it is a HEP car made from a baggage car but the number is strange - what if P42 #6 added it to it's train?	Oct 31, 1999	Dick Leonhardt

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This archive was first accessed August 1996