Weren't several of the Illinois Central cars used by Amtrak after ADay heavyweight (6 wheel trucks)?
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Last heavyweight car in regular intercity service?
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Chile used Heavyweight coaches up until the 1990s.
In the summer of 1980, VIA [CN] had a heavyweight club car on the Super-Continental east of Edmonton, it rode smooth as silk, no rock, no roll across the prairies.
LIRR MP54s chugged right up till the mid-70s, and SEPTA cars lasted till the mid-80s.
Southern Pacific had HW era commuter coaches running until 1985.
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