I discovered this picture of an old Amtrak car abandoned in an old facility of some sort in Atlanta, GA. Does anybody know the story on this car and who owns it? I don’t even know where this old building is located in Atlanta, but it sure is interesting.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottok/557781304/in/photostream/
The car appears to be sitting inside an abandoned rail car or locomotive service shop. Central of Georgia? Southern?
Anyone familiar with the Atlanta rail network (of the past)?
It looks like it was fairly recently shut down—I thought Amtrak would have recovered such?
Don’t know much about its past, but I do know it has had its fair share of screen time not long ago…
Not just screen time…but screen time exactly where it was photographed.
Not knowing when the photo was taken, my first guess would be the old Pullman shops in Atlanta. This is purely a guess though.
IIRC, the brick does not lend itself to the old railcar facility where the SERM is currently located.
There are other locations that could be possiblities such as SR’s Peagram shop or heavy industry, but I still believe the old Pullman shop near the old Georgia Railroad Hulsey yard is the best guess.
Jay
The pic and the video–what an excellent find!!
Do you think it’s an Amtrak heritage car or something else painted for a movie?
Looks like the car # is 3228–Name showing is the “William A. Griffin,Jr.”
In some of the long shots there appears to be anothwer car showing( to the right side of the frame; I appears to me to be silver in color ( possibly a boxcars style?
Maybe some one with access to an Amtrak car list can add some more to the description/car history?
Ask the photographer
According to pullman.org,it was a former Pontomac sleeper.
RF&P 410 COLONIAL BEACH (ACL)
An entry in the “Revised Third Edition Amtrak Car and Locomotive Spotter” (copyright 1976) I have echoes that and has a footnote saying the car was “renamed in 1973 for an RF&P official (an Amtrak liaison man) who died in that year”.
Ex -R F & P 410
6-double-bedroom buffet lounge, ex-Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac 410 Colonial Beach, built by American Car & Foundry in 1949.
The building is the Pullman Car shops. The facility is owned by the State of Georgia and was the shops for the New Georgia RR. That particular car was offered to the Souteheastern Railway Museum a number of years ago. The interior isn’t bad. Under the stainless however is quite another story. It suffers from the dielectric corrosion where stainless comes in contact with steel. There are no trucks. It sits on some stands.
Hi,
Great find. Hope some organisation or group is stirred to at least get it to a museum site for static restoration. Could be a good project going forward.
Otherwise it will be one of the “we should have…” opportunities that will be missed.
Ralph, in South Africa
A shame to see a car like that with so much history in a shop complex with so much history just sitting rusting into the ground.
Justin
agreed.
I do like the pictures detail though…
Speaking of abandoned coaches in Atlanta, can anyone verify the origin of the coach at Stone Mtn Park reported to be “Capitol Heights” from the B & O build c. 1926. Understand this car is scheduled to be scrapped. What a shame. Surely a museum somewhere would like to own.
2 years to find this post.
Not sure if anyone will see the reply.
I believe the passenger car you are asking about is photographed on this website.
Go to the website . Look for gallery. Then Abandoned Trains.
Dot co not dot com