General Info:

On Friday, June 27th, a BNSF officer car special (OCS) deadhead move departed Topeka for Seattle, specifically to the ex-GN Interbay Yard.

Routing is reportedly via the MRL ex-NP main in Montana, though at the time of this posting I do not know if the OCS will arrive/has arrived via Stampede Pass (ex-NP) or Stevens Pass (ex-GN).

The OCS will include an occupied movement to Vancouver, B.C. over the ex-GN Bellingham/New Westminster Subs during the Independence Day weekend, including a side trip over the Cherry Point Sub.

Reported Consist:

1. Full dome lounge-theater #30 Glacier View (Budd, Lot #9679-155, 1955 Empire Builder) built as GN #1390 to BN to Amtrak #9360 to BN #A24 to BNSF #24 to #30 (#800075)

2. Full dome lounge #31 Bay View (Budd, Lot #9646-129, 1954) built as AT&SF #506 to #60 to BNSF #31 (#800638)

3. Diner #11 Fred Harvey (P-S, Lot #6851, Plan #7625, 1950) built as AT&SF #600 to #61 to BNSF #11 (#800660)

4. Power car #51 Snoqualmie Pass (P-S, Lot #7027, Plan #53447, 1966) built as AT&SF baggage #3931 to steam generator #140 to #138 (2nd) to DLWX to BN power car #A30 to BNSF #51 (#800381)

5. Sleeper #68 Rollins Pass (AC&F, Lot #3358, Plan #9011, 1950) built as AT&SF 4DB-4C-2DR #1831 Regal Spa to #68 to BNSF #68 (#800664)

6. Sleeper #64 Marias Pass (AC&F, Lot #3358, Plan #9011, 1950) built as AT&SF 4DB-4C-2DR #1820 Regal Hunt to #64 to BNSF #64 (#800661)

7. Diner lounge #28 Mountain View (AC&F, Lot #3444, 1951) built as GN 60 seat coach #1209 to BN #6012 (not applied) to diner lounge #A10 Como to BNSF #28 (#800158)

8. Diner #10 Lake Superior (Budd, Lot #9624-210, 1957) built as NP #459 to BN #1293 (not applied) to #A26 to BNSF #10 (#800139)

9. Business car #1 Gerald Grinstein (Budd, Lot #9664-105, 1952) built as CB&Q Burlington to BN #A1 Burlington Northern to Mississippi River to BNSF #1 (#800294)

10. Business car #3 Red River (P-S, Lot #6373, Plan #4084B, 1930/39) built as 14S sleeper Alexander Griggs for Empire Builder (Plan #3958A), rebuilt in 1939 to 6S-6RM (Plan #4084B) sold 12/31/1948 to GN #1010 rebuilt 1957 to business car #A1 (3rd) to BN #A1 Red River to #A3 to BNSF #3 (#800185)

11. Business car #4 Missouri River (P-S, Lot #6952, Plan #7645, 1955) built as NP Yakima River to BN #A6 Missouri River to BNSF #4 (#800271)

12. Baggage #52 Glorieta Pass (P-S, Lot #7022, Plan #53316, 1963) built as AT&SF #3914 to #77 to BNSF #77 to #52 (#800665)

13. Sleeper #66 Cajon Pass (AC&F, Lot #3358, Plan #9011, 1950) built as AT&SF 4DB-4C-2DR #1824 Regal Lark to #66 to BNSF #66 (#800663)

14. Power-dormitory #50 Stampede Pass (P-S, Lot #6874, Plan #4140C, 1950) built as NP 10RM-6DB sleeper #364 for SP Cascade pool, to BN dormitory #A23 Stampede Pass to BNSF power-dormitory #50 (#800264)

15. Sleeper #67 Trinchera Pass (AC&F, Lot #3358, Plan #9011, 1950) built as AT&SF 4DB-4C-2DR #1825 Regal Manor to #67 to BNSF #67 Donner Pass to Trinchera Pass (#800667)

16. Lounge sleeper #60 Stevens Pass (P-S, Lot #6249, Plan #3990, 1929) built as barber shop-buffet solarium lounge observation David C. Shepard for Empire Builder sold 1941 to GN #1073 to coach #1085 (1st) to instruction #X-7853 to BN #B2 to #B12 to #A11 Deschutes River to BNSF Deschutes River to Stevens Pass (#800266)

17. Business car #8 John S. Reed (P-S, Lot #6835, Plan #7611, 1949) built as U.S. Steel Corporation Laurel Ridge sold 1962 to AT&SF #5004 Mountainair to #53 to BNSF #8 (#800567)

18. Track inspection-theater #32 William Barstow Strong (Budd, Lot #96902, 1940) built as AT&SF club lounge-news stand-coach #1397 reconfigured 1940 to club lounge reconfigured 1952 to club lounge diner rebuilt 1975 to track inspection-theater #89 to BNSF #32 (#800658)

Additional Cars:

On Saturday, June 21st, Amtrak #7, the WB Empire Builder, arrived in Seattle with a 5 car joint Amtrak-BNSF track/route inspection consist (3 Amtrak and 2 BNSF):

1. Sleeper #65 Raton Pass (AC&F, Lot #3358, Plan #9011, 1950) built as AT&SF 4DB-4C-2DR #1823 Regal Lane to #65 to BNSF #65 (#800662)

2. Business car #6 Topeka (Budd, Lot #9664-186, 1957) built as AT&SF #5002 Topeka to #51 to BNSF #6 (#800648)

Sources:

1. "Streamliner Cars Volume One: Pullman Standard" by W. David Randall (RPC Publications, 1981)

2. "Streamliner Cars Volume Two: The Budd Company" by W. David Randall (RPC Publications, 1981)

3. "Streamliner Cars Volume Three: ACF - Other Builders" by W. David Randall (RPC Publications, 1982)

4. Tom Madden's Pullman Project CCR database: http://pullmanproject.com/Database.htm

5. Jerry LaBoda's photo links database: http://passcarphotos.info/

6. Stan Garner's #800xxx-series car listings: http://www.movie-trains.com/pvlist.html

7. Phil Dohmen's dome car database: http://www.trainweb.org/web_lurker/WebLurkersDOMEmain/

8. Santa Fe RY Historical & Modeling Society passenger car listings: http://atsfrr.net/resources/hitchcock/index.htm

9. Friends of the Burlington Northern listing of business cars: http://fobnr.org/bncarlist/passenger/pbnbuscar.htm

10. Ben Ringnalda's Great Northern Empire passenger car pages: http://www.greatnorthernempire.net/GNEPreservedGNPassengerCars.htm

11. "Amtrak by the Numbers" by David C. Warner and Elbert Simon (White River Productions, 2011)

12. TrainOrders threads:

___12a. Posted on western board, June 27th: http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,3450062

___12b. Posted on passenger board, June 27th: http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,3450163

Power: BNSF #4319

Went via the MRL, picked up the MRL business cars and MRL SD70ACe #4408 in Missoula, was in Pasco as of 12:45 PM today.

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,3453022

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,3453333

The consist was split at some point, as the last six cars in the consist (#66, #50, #67, #60, #8, and #32) went WB via the ex-GN through Montana, with BNSF #6889 as power. Passed through Columbia Falls on Tuesday at 10:30 AM: http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,3453796

Meanwhile, the MRL cars were spliced into the main consist between BNSF diner #11 and power car #51.

MRL business car #101 Silver Cloud (P-S, Lot #W6888, Plan #W52013, 1950) built as 72 seat coach for GE More Power to America exhibition train, sold to CRI&P in 1951 as #352 Chicago (1st) rebuilt in 1953 to business car #101 Lake Michigan (2nd) renamed in 1975 to The Rock sold in 1980 to Hank Scharfe #101 and renamed Felipa (#800033) (South Pasadena, CA) sold in 1988 to MRL #101 and renamed Silver Cloud.

MRL dome coach #105 (Budd, Lot #9646-141, 1954, North Coast Limited) built as NP #553 to BN #4620 (not applied) to Amtrak #9480 converted in 1983 to HEP #9402 retired and sold in 1996 to MRL #105.

MRL articulated coach #102A-#102B (P-S, Lot #6515, Plan #7377, 1937, Sunbeam) built as T&NO #502-#503 (50 seats each), transferred in 1954 to SP #2498-#2499, per-car seating increased in 1959 to 54, sold in 1974 to Algoma Central #452-#453, sold (when??) to Friends of the 4449 (DLMX) #2498A-#2498B, damaged in switching move in Montana, sold (when??) to MRL #102A-#102B.

MRL power car #103--history unknown, other than rebuilt from baggage car, my guess, built by AC&F, AT&SF maybe??

MRL dome coach #104 (Budd, Lot #9646-141, 1954, North Coast Limited) built as NP #552 to BN #4619 (not applied) to Amtrak #9479 converted in 1983 to HEP #9401 retired and sold in 1996 to MRL #104.

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,3453022

Sources:

1. "Streamliner Cars Volume One: Pullman Standard" by W. David Randall (RPC Publications, 1981)

2. "Streamliner Cars Volume Two: The Budd Company" by W. David Randall (RPC Publications, 1981)

3. "Amtrak by the Numbers" by David C. Warner and Elbert Simon (White River Productions, 2011)

4. Jerry LaBoda's photo links database: http://passcarphotos.info/

5. Phil Dohmen's dome car database: http://www.trainweb.org/web_lurker/WebLurkersDOMEmain/

6. Stan Garner's #800xxx-series car listings: http://www.movie-trains.com/pvlist.html

7. Rock Island Technical Society's lightweight passenger car disposition list: http://www.rits.org/www/equipment/ripassdisp.html

8. TrainOrders threads