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Amtrak has used a variety of cars for freight and baggage
handling. Up to the early 2000's, Amtrak moved a lot of Less-than-carload
(LCL) traffic in what were essentially boxcars (beefed-up in order to operate
with passenger trains). The line also rosters a large number of heritage
fleet baggage cars, which are seen on the front of every long-haul train.
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Baggage
car 1161, with fluted sides and roof (Budd?). Seen in Phase IVb paint on
8/09/2007 on train No. 5 in Byers Canyon. The Phase V lettering scheme can
make it difficult to read the numbers... |
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 Close-up
of the front end of baggage No. 1221, a fluted car from Budd. On Train No.
4 in Albuquerque, 2/7/2010. The back door to P42 No. 85 is open wide.
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Baggage
car 1255, two views, from Albuquerque on the Southwest Chief, 2/26/2009.
Smooth-side car from Pullman Standard. |
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Amtrak 1257,
a typical smooth-side baggage car in long-haul service. At Big 10
curve on 12/6/2008, it is extremely dirty with streaks of grime running down
the car. |
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Baggage
car of the 1700 series. These cars were converted from Budd coaches--
note the vestibule-style end door. (seen from a tour bus in Seattle,
7/24/2009) Another of these cars appears in my photo
here,
seen on train No. 6 in August 2001. |
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Roadrailer
semi trailer, running on the tail end of No. 6 at Glenwood Springs in 2002.
In front of the trailer is a string of material-handling cars, whose
placement at the end of the train suggests that these cars are not fitted out for HEP, prohibiting their use ahead of the passenger cars. |
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