[:)] Hi from England, I have bought a Hi-Country Brass Santa Fe Hi-level transition car and I am looking for some pictures of them in service with Amtrak between 1990 and 1995.
Would I be right in saying that they were withdrawn from service after the Superliner II Transition/Sleepers were introduced.
Any help would be most welcome[?]
no, They were used by Amtrak as crew dormitory cars at the head end of the trains. I haven’t check out the current Amtrak trains (they come through here in the middle of the night) but I know that Amtrak used them at least through the nineties and I would guess they still do. Check photos of current Superliner trains and note the first high profile car, they come real close but don’t quite match the Superliners.
Does anyone know if the “Pacific Parlour” cars currently in use on the Coast Starlight are ex-ATSF cars? They are not quite as tall as the regular Superliners, and usually appear mid-train from what I’ve seen. I saw the Starlight last week and it had a regular Superliner transition sleeper after the baggage car (just like the Walthers HO model).
Yes they are as I saw one last year and 5 are still in use. I believe a plastic version is coming out later on this year.
http://adsl-69-213-240-177.dsl.dytnoh.ameritech.net/amtrak/amtHILEV.html
Thanks for the info and the link.
Overland have also announced that the Pacific Parlours in Phase IV livery will be produced in brass this year
It’s interesting to note the the ex-ATSF Hi-Levels were converted to HEP at the Former ATSF coach shops in my home town of Topeka KS. Some hi-levels are still used by Amtrak on the Heartland Flyer btwn Ok City and FT Worth
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