Alcochaser wrote:Does anyone have a current disposition list for the NYC BUDD built Twin Unit Diners?
That would be......
NYC 478-486 Kitchen Lounge
and
NYC 404-407 & 487-490 Full Dining Car (Table Car)
The only one I have been able to find is NYC 406 was on the BCRAIL and sold to Ontario Northland
Here is the information that I have:
Dining Room - Kitchen/Lounge
405-478 to CN, retired 1977 scrapped
404-479 retired 1967, scrapped
406-480 retired 1968, to High Iron Travel, to Texas Southern Railway, assigned Amtrak private car accounting number 800166, to Washington Central, to British Columbia Railway, to Ontario Northland ... now ONR 906 'MANHATTAN" ... somewhere over the years the kitchen/lounge car was uncoupled from the dining room car. I will presume the kitchen/lounge car has been scrapped
http://www.onrgallery.com/august/aug200525.html
http://www.onrgallery.com/august/aug200526.html
408-481 to CN retired 1968 scrapped
407-482 to CN retired 1977 scrapped
http://cnrphotos.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=54034
487-483 to CN retired 1977 scrapped
490-484 to CN retired 1977 scrapped
489-485 to CN retired 1977 scrapped
http://cnrphotos.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=54038
488-486 to PC to SCL retired 1971 scrapped
The sale of the cars from NYC to CN in the 1960s was accomplished as a lease purchase thru the Pickens Railroad of South Carolina, undr the ownership of James Jones. A friend in Montreal, who is a Canadian railroader, confirmed all cars listed as retired by CN were cut up for scrap.
