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Wonder what names were used between Augusta and Hartford??? Haven't seen any more shots of new cars in several weeks...

Been on a number of trains over the years between South Carolina and Boston and North Carolina to Los Angeles but it has been many decades since I last ate a meal in an actual dining car... likely the last trip was when I headed to Boston in the Army back in '74. In general I stuck to the lounge car...

What with the trouble with the "A" cars two "B" cars have been shipped...

AMTK 68004 Baton Rouge
AMTK 68005 Boston

Yep... did a little more reading and I see what you are saying about the new Bi-levels delivery. Only time will tell how all of this will pan out. I just hope that the money doesn't dry up before they can do something towards getting the order underway.

...and appears to have since thrown in the towel?

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Don't forget the Metroliners, still kicken.

Back to V-II's, please.

I guess they wont , until they are proven in the Viewliner 2 body. I suspect that, after so many years with the first Viewliners that Amtrak already knows what they will be doing with them, since everything should have already been evaluated. That's one advantage in having the cars that they have h...

Just a bit of topic drift...

As I recall, about a dozen of the 220 got to wear Amtrak livery - and that was not for long.

When stainless steel is to be painted it does require some sort of treatment so that the paint will stick... this was done on all of the painted SS passenger cars that were to be painted at the factory so that the paint would adhere to the steel. As for cars that were painted later on (that were not...

Indianapolis... That Phase III already looks dirty and weathered on the 8400! I noticed that too... http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4738915 Presented for your viewing pleasure... AMTK 68004 Baton Rouge ... http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4738913 AMTK 68005 Boston ....

As an aside, if you go to Ozark Mountain Railcar's site, you'll see the impact of the RBB&B sale on the market. There is hardly a car on the market that hasn't been discounted recently... No surprise... some of the circus cars went for as little as $15,000 even though they were readily usable w...