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Alexander D. Mitchell IV
 Post subject: Arizona Railway Museum Gets Two ATSF Hi-Level Coaches
PostPosted: Fri Dec 27, 2019 12:43 pm 

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Location: Somewhere east of Prescott, AZ along the old Santa Fe "Prescott & Eastern"
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/20 ... el-coaches

The Arizona Railway Museum in Chandler, Ariz. took delivery of two ex-Santa Fe Hi-Level coaches (predecessors/prototypes for Amtrak's Superliners) yesterday.

Photo and more at the link, NOT behind the paywall.
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Brian Norden
 Post subject: Re: Arizona Railway Museum Gets Two ATSF Hi-Level Coaches
PostPosted: Fri Dec 27, 2019 1:22 pm 

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In the Santa Fe world these were Chair Cars.

On the Santa Fe coaches were cars with the old-style, straight-back seats. A number of western roads made the distinction between cars and trains that had the the old-style seats and the reclining seats.

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