It is currently Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:14 am

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 206 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ... 14  Next
Author Message
 Post subject: Re: Al Chione Slides
PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:49 am 
User avatar

Joined: Mon Aug 05, 2013 2:42 am
Posts: 2041
Location: Seattle, WA - Land of Coffee
More Photos:

Here are the first 4 of 60 AT&SF slides.

Photo #141: Super Chief and El Capitan:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4090794

Image

Photo #142: 52 seat chair #3138 (Budd, 1941). Later Amtrak #5225/#6033, retired in 1976 and sold in 1977 to Speno.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4090795

Image

Photo #143: 10RM-6DB sleeper #1608 Palm Star (AC&F, 1951). Later Amtrak #2757, retired in 1981 and sold in 1983 to Excursion Lines.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4090796

Image

Photo #144: 4DR-1DB sleeper-16 seat lounge blunt end observation Vista Cavern (AC&F, 1947, rebuilt from round end to blunt end in 1956). Retired and sold in 1968 to David Wallace, later to Les Kasten, then to Coe Rail-Michigan Star Clipper Dinner Train, car stored at Wixom, MI, and scrapped in January 2013.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4090797

Image

_________________
Additions and corrections are welcome. Thanks in advance.

_________________
Ted Brumberg


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Al Chione Slides
PostPosted: Sun Feb 22, 2015 8:40 pm 
User avatar

Joined: Mon Aug 05, 2013 2:42 am
Posts: 2041
Location: Seattle, WA - Land of Coffee
More Photos:

Photo #145: 72 seat Hi-Level chair #717 (Budd, 1956). To Amtrak #9957, converted in 1981 to HEP #39957, later modified for assignment to Heartland Flyer, stored in 2007.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4090798

Image

Photo #146: flatcar #203 with 4 mail containers, taken in late July 1967 (2 dates written on the door of the first container, #139, are 7-28-67 and 7-29-67, noted as "full"). Was #203 one of the flatcars which AT&SF converted from a heavyweight? If so, does anyone know what car this was?

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4090799

Image

Photo #147: not actually AT&SF, but a GMC bus belonging to Gray Line's Indian Detours Transportation Company, parked in front of the Lamy depot.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4090800

Image

Photo #148: 29 seat lounge-barber shop-shower-18 bunk dormitory #1340 (P-S, 1950), barber shop later a valet room, to Amtrak as 31 seat buffet lounge-dormitory #3391, sold in 1982 to "The Reading Company".

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4090801

Image

_________________
Additions and corrections are welcome. Thanks in advance.

_________________
Ted Brumberg


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Al Chione Slides
PostPosted: Sun Feb 22, 2015 11:37 pm 

Joined: Sun Aug 29, 2004 4:49 pm
Posts: 519
Lounge dorm 1340 has been at the Fillmore & Western in CA for quite a few years, but has never been used by them to my knowledge.


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Al Chione Slides
PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:32 am 
User avatar

Joined: Mon Aug 05, 2013 2:42 am
Posts: 2041
Location: Seattle, WA - Land of Coffee
Thanks, Topfuel, for the info on #1340! I am still trying to figure out what "The Reading Company" was, as it obviously wasn't the actual RDG.

_________________
Ted Brumberg


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Al Chione Slides
PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:07 am 

Joined: Thu Mar 13, 2014 2:34 am
Posts: 534
Location: Granby, CT but formerly Port Jefferson, NY (LIRR MP 57.5)
Rainier Rails wrote:
I am still trying to figure out what "The Reading Company" was, as it obviously wasn't the actual RDG.

Hi Ted, The Reading Company was indeed the official name of the RDG.

-Philip Marshall


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Al Chione Slides
PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 8:04 am 
User avatar

Joined: Mon Aug 05, 2013 2:42 am
Posts: 2041
Location: Seattle, WA - Land of Coffee
Yes, that is true. The reason I made the above statement is that W. David Randall's "Railway Passenger Car Annual Volume 6" (1984) lists that the #1340 was sold in 1982 to quote "The Reading Company". Now, seeing as how that was 6 years after the formation of Conrail, I'm assuming that the purchaser of the #1340 didn't have any connection to the actual RDG, but that it was some other party that used that name, obviously in tribute to the then-recent fallen flag. Now, if it had been sold to Conrail witn RDG reporting marks (did CR roster any passenger cars using predecessor reporting marks?), I suspect Randall would've listed it something like "Conrail (Reading)" or "CR/RDG". Of course, I could be entirely wrong and the #1340 was purchased by CR. Anyone familiar with Conrail's passenger cars want to comment on this?

_________________
Ted Brumberg


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Al Chione Slides
PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 10:44 am 

Joined: Sun Aug 29, 2004 4:49 pm
Posts: 519
The 1340, while owned by "The Reading Company" after sale by Amtrak, was stored for years at the former Reading shops in Reading, PA. Those shops were used by Conrail at that time for storage and maintenance of their business car fleet, among other things. The 1340 was never used or modified while at Reading. I never saw any Conrail reporting marks on the 1340 while in Reading and never had any reason to believe it was actually owned by Conrail.

The 2 former B&O "Bird" series 16-4's and a fleet of former NYC Budd 56 seat coaches were also stored at the Reading shops during this time period after acquisition from Amtrak for a proposed steam program that never materialized after the death of Conrail CEO Dick Sanborn at the young age of 52.


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Al Chione Slides
PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:35 am 

Joined: Thu Mar 13, 2014 2:34 am
Posts: 534
Location: Granby, CT but formerly Port Jefferson, NY (LIRR MP 57.5)
Hi Ted,
I see your point now that it's a matter of chronology, but The Reading Company continued to exist long after the formation of Conrail, and in fact I think they were still in business, mostly as a real estate holding company, until as recently as 2000. (Similarly, Penn Central was still doing business as recently as 2011 under the name American Premier Underwriters.) The Reading shops were still owned by The Reading Company even though Conrail was using them.

-Philip Marshall


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Al Chione Slides
PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 8:07 pm 
User avatar

Joined: Mon Aug 05, 2013 2:42 am
Posts: 2041
Location: Seattle, WA - Land of Coffee
Thanks, Philip and Topfuel, for the info!

Seeing as how the #1340 was at the Reading shops, and it wasn't owned by Conrail, I wonder why the Reading Co. acquired it?

On a side note, which 2 B&O 16-4 sleepers did Conrail acquire?

Also, I have Conrail as acquiring the following NYC 56 seat chairs: #2916, #2919, #2922, #2925, #2926, #2945, #2948, #2949, and #2954. 7 of these 9 cars later went to VIA, the #2949 was placed in service as CR #27 (#800458) and is now NS #26 New York (#800778), and the #2945 was later owned by Ken Bitten-Classic Rail Cars-Northern Central (current status/location unknown). Were there any additional NYC cars which were purchased?

_________________
Ted Brumberg


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Al Chione Slides
PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:06 pm 

Joined: Sun May 23, 2010 11:27 am
Posts: 469
Location: Switching the Coach Yard
Ted,

Thoroughly enjoying the scans you're posting, thanks for sharing. I think the two 16-4 sleepers were the "Bobolink" and the "Wren". That was a long time ago when I saw them at the then closed Reading shops, so that recollection is certainly subject to correction.

ETA


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Al Chione Slides
PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:23 pm 
User avatar

Joined: Mon Aug 05, 2013 2:42 am
Posts: 2041
Location: Seattle, WA - Land of Coffee
Thanks, ETA!

The Wren was later acquired by Ringling Bros. as RBBX #41409. Does anyone know where the Bobolink ended up?

_________________
Ted Brumberg


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Al Chione Slides
PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:29 pm 

Joined: Sat Jan 10, 2015 10:07 am
Posts: 35
Rainier Rails wrote:
Thanks, ETA!

The Wren was later acquired by Ringling Bros. as RBBX #41409. Does anyone know where the Bobolink ended up?


I have both "BOBOLINK" and "THRUSH" listed as, 1983 (possibly 1 of 2 "BIRD" series) to Southwind Rail Travel Ltd., Wilkes-Barre PA

_________________
Richard Montgomery

alias ParlourcarII


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Al Chione Slides
PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 12:33 am 
User avatar

Joined: Mon Aug 05, 2013 2:42 am
Posts: 2041
Location: Seattle, WA - Land of Coffee
Thanks, Richard! The Thrush at last report was stored in Lockport, NY. Maybe Conrail acquired the Bobolink from SRTX or maybe it was another one of the 16-4 sleepers. The only car which I don't have any disposition for is the Robin, which "Amtrak by the Numbers" has listed as sold in 1991; somehow I think the 2nd 16-4 acquired by Conrail was another car.

_________________
Ted Brumberg


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Al Chione Slides
PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 1:14 pm 

Joined: Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:08 pm
Posts: 13
Here are the Bobolink (2530) and Wren (2577) when they arrived in Reading in 1988.


Image
Image


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Al Chione Slides
PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 10:46 pm 
User avatar

Joined: Mon Aug 05, 2013 2:42 am
Posts: 2041
Location: Seattle, WA - Land of Coffee
Thanks, Charlie, for posting the photos of the Bobolink and Wren in Reading!

Do you have any photos of the ex-NYC coaches parked with the sleepers? Thanks in advance!

_________________
Ted Brumberg


Offline
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 206 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ... 14  Next

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]


 Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Google [Bot], Majestic-12 [Bot] and 44 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to: