AMTRAK RELICS, TRAIN PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFF & JOSH LUBCHANSKY

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS © JEFF LUBCHANSKY EXCEPT AS NOTED.

AMTRAK RELICS THESE UNITS APPARANTLY DON'T SEE MUCH ROAD SERVICE ANYMORE

16716 AMTRAK 16716 APPEARS TO BE AN EX ARMY AMBULANCE CAR BASED ON THE LARGE SIDE DOOR. COULD NOT LOCATE THE ORIGINAL NUMBER. JUNE 19, 1999 - NEW JERSEY.UPDATE: EX US ARMY 801.

TOOL CAR FORMER PRR BAGGAGE CAR CONVERTED TO WRECK TRAIN TOOL CAR. WASHINGTON, DC. APRIL 20, 2007.

PRR 497310
FORMER BAGGAGE CAR REMOVED FROM SERVICE DURING PENNSEY DAYS. UNIT STILL HAS IT'S TRUCKS. YARDLEY, PA. AUGUST 1, 2003.

9147 EX NYC/PC BAGGAGE CAR AT MOW SIDING. USED FOR STORAGE BUT STILL ON TRUCKS. PROBABLY NEVER ON THE ROSTER. YARDLEY, PA. AUGUST 1, 2003.

16307 EX PASSENGER/BAGGAGE COMBO. WAS USED AS A CANTENARY REPAIR SERVICE CAR. YARDLEY, PA. AUGUST 1, 2003.

16504 ARMY KITCHEN CAR MOST IDENTIFICATION MARKS ARE STILL VISABLE. IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN MODIFIED-TOO MUCH. PHILADELPHIA, PA, DEC 15, 2001.

17006 EX PRR BOX CAR 497315. NEWARK, NJ. APRIL 4, 2002. CLASS X31. "S" INDICATES SERVICE AFTER BEING REMOVED FROM REVENUE SERVICE. THE 497315 WAS PROBABLY THE SERVICE NUMBER.(INFO BY ANDREW S. MILLER). SCRAPPED 4/05.

17121 EX PRR BAGGAGE CAR STILL WITH ORIGINAL MARKINGS AND IN SURPRISINGLY GOOD COSMETIC CONDITION. PHILADELPHIA, PA. DEC 15, 2001. CLASS B60b "MESSENGER CAR". CAR HAD A TOILET, DESK, WATER COOLER AND VENTILATION TO ACCOMIDATE THE ATTENDANT. (INFO BY ANDREW S. MILLER).

17166 EX NYC/PC END LOADING BAGGAGE CAR OFF IT'S TRUCKS. AMTRAK ELECTICAL MOW FACILITY. NEWARK, NJ. APRIL 4, 2002. SCRAPPED 3/31/05.

PC 9164
SITTING ON TIES NEXT TO 17166, I COULDN'T LOCATE AN AMTRAK NUMBER. NEWARK, NJ. APRIL 4, 2002. SCRAPPED 4/05.

7605 USED AT THE END OF THE MAIL TRAIN TO COMPLY WITH NEW REGULATIONS CONCERNING AMTRAK CARRYING FREIGHT. THIS CAR NO LONGER IN PASSENGER SERVICE. NOV 11, 2000. WASHINGTON DC. EX AMT 7414, PC 1584 & PRR 1584.

14006 CLASS N5 CABOOSE. EX PC/CR. BUILT AUG 1918. NOT ON AMTRAK ROSTER BUT USED AS A WORK OFFICE ON THE N.E. CORRIDOR. CAN BE SEEN CLEARLY AT THE METUCHEN NJT PARK AND RIDE. METUCHEN, NJ. FEB 25, 2000.

17071 YOU CAN STILL SEE THE WORDS SANTE FE BETWEEN THE TWO FREIGHT DOORS. THIS IS AMTRAK 17071 EX SF ??? BAGGAGE CAR WITH END DOORS. JUNE 19, 1999 NEW JERSEY.

9140 AMT 9140. LANCASTER, PA.. JUNE 1. 2002. EX PC/NEW YORK CENTRAL 9140.

8400 EX AMTRAK DINING CAR 8400. EX BN-GN 1145. LOOKS TO BE JUST A RUSTED HULK. NEWARK, NJ. JAN 29, 2000.

8400 OPPOSITE VIEW. NEWARK, NJ. JAN 29, 2000.

9125 AMT 9125 AND 9146 BAGGAGE CARS. EX PC, EX NYC. LANCASTER PA. JUNE 1, 2002.

PC 7628
EX PRR B60 BAGGAGE CAR. WE WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY IDENTIFYING MARKS ON THIS BAGGAGE CAR. I DON'T KNOW IF IT EVER HAD AN AMTRAK MARK. DOES THE STAR INDICATE A MILITARY CAR? JUNE 19, 1999 - NEW JERSEY. WENT BACK, IT WAS PC, DON'T HAVE A #. UPDATE - EX PC 7628. NEW UPDATE - STAR INDICATES CAR HAD VENTILATORS, A TOILET AND A DESK.(A BUCHAN).

16722 AMTRAK 16722 HAD NO OTHER IDENTIFYING MARKS. JUNE 19, 1999 NEW JERSEY. UPDATE: PRIOR # WAS 6021. EX AMT 5208, SCL 5208 & SAL 6223,

17040 AMTRAK 17040 IN NEW BRUNSWICK NJ, JUNE 26, 1999. LOOKS A LITTLE LIKE A PRR COMBI CAR. NO OTHER MARKINGS TO IDENTIFY THIS UNIT. UPDATE: EX TROPICANA CAR, EX PRR BAGGAGE/MAIL CAR.

17018 YOU COULD SEE THE NEW YORK CENTRAL ABOVE THE DOORS, THERE WAS ALSO A #9142 PAINTED OVER. CURRENTLY AMTRAK 17018. JUNE 19, 1999 - NEW JERSEY.

17041 AMTRAK 17041 EX 517(OR 547). APPARANTLY AN ARMY AMBULANCE CAR IN A PREVIOUS LIFE. NEW JERSEY - JUNE 19, 1999

USN 61-00171
NO AMTRAK MARKINGS ON THIS US NAVY POWDER CAR # 61-00171. NEW JERSEY JUNE 19-1999

17068 AMTRAK 17068-EX AMTRAK 1091-EX SF 3992. THIS MUST BE AN ELECTRIC UNIT SINCE IT'S PLUGGED IN WITH A BIG EXTENSION CORD. NEW JERSEY JUNE 19, 1999

17053 AMTRAK 17053, COULD NOT MAKE OUT THE OTHER MARKINGS. JUNE 19, 1999, NEW JERSEY. UPDATE:EX NAVY POWDER FACTORY #84.

16320 AMTRAK 16320 AT IVY CITY IN WASHINGTON DC. MAY 3, 1997. THIS CAR WAS ONCE PART OF A WRECK TRAIN. EX-PRR?

6 AMTRAK #6 - EX ARMY TROOP HOSPITAL KITCHEN CAR. THE DOOR WAS REMOVED. ORIGINAL NUMBER 896??, THEN AMTRAK 1306??, THEN AFTER THE E60'S JUST 6. WHAT ABOUT THE P42'S? RENSSELAER, NY OCT 31, 1998.

15681 WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE A RELIC! CHECK OUT THE 3 AXLE TRUCKS. EX-DODX 38107. NEW BRUNSWICK NJ, AUG 8, 1999.

17073 AMT 17073 EX NEW YORK CENTRAL 9188 AT HAMILTON TWP NEW JERSEY. AUG 20, 1999. THE OTHERSIDE WAS PAINTED GREY.

17017 AMT 17017 EX NEW YORK CENTRAL 9130 SITTING ON TRUCKS UNDER A TREE BEHIND HAM TOWER IN NEW JERSEY. AUG 20, 1999.

16301 AMT 16301 EX PRR 3288. HAMILTON TWP NJ. AUG 20, 1999. THE OTHERSIDE STILL HAS IT'S PC MARKINGS. UPDATE: EX PRR P70 COACH CONVERTED TO WRECK TRAIN SERVICE CIRCA 1960 (A BUCHAN).

17091 AMT 17091 - WAS AMT 1551 EX BN-GN-CB&Q 1201EMPIRE BUILDER BAGGAGE DORMITORY CAR BUILT BY ACF IN 1950.

1136 AMT 1136. EX NYC/PC 9162 NEAR THE ROOSEVELT RD BRIDGE WITHIN THE AMTRAK FREIGHT HANDLING FACILITY. AUG 15, 1999.

1305 AMT 1305 - EX US ARMY TROOP HOSPITAL KITCHEN CAR 89657. SEE AMTRAK #6 ABOVE. BUILT IN 1953 BY ACF. REBUILT BY AMTRAK INTO BAGGAGE CAR IN 1973. NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ. AUG 27, 1999. STILL THERE 2/23/00. UPDATE: SEPT 28, 2002 - NO LONGER THERE????

16500 AMTRAK 16500 ON A SCRAPLINE IN NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ. I AM UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY INFO ON THIS CAR. AUG 27, 1999. STILL THERE 2/23/00. UPDATE: Your picture of AMTK 16500 at
New Brunswick, NJ is of a stream-styled (or betterment) heavyweight Pullman sleeping car. In the late 1930's the Pennsylvania, along with the B&O and other railroads modified some of their existing heavyweight sleeping cars to make them appear more modern so they would fit-in with the new
lightweight cars that were being delivered. When rebuilt, it was painted in the Fleet of Modernism scheme that was used briefly by the PRR before WWII. This particular car is extremely rare. I do not know of any others that are surviving: preserved, or in M of W service. Thomas C. Cornillie. UPDATE: SEPT 28, 2002 - NO LONGER THERE???

292 EX AMTRAK 292 AT ALTOONA, PA. CURRENTLY OWNED BY NS FOR THE POSSIBLE REPAIR OF EX AMTRAK 255 WHICH IS ALSO CURRENTLY AT ALTOONA. OCT 2, 1999 © JOSH LUBCHANSKY. THIS PIECE HAS BEEN SCRAPPED!

255 REAR SECTION OF EX-AMT 255 ON THE JUNIATA SHOPS DEAD LINE. POSSIBLE REBUILD WITH THE ABOVE NOSE. AUG 17, 1999. THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SCRAPPED!

255 LEFT SIDE
THE OTHER SIDE. NOTE THAT IT SEEMS TO HAVE THE PROPER TRUCKS. IT IS STILL WAITING TO BE REBUILT. ALTOONA, PA. JAN 9, 2000.THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SCRAPPED!

5771 EX AMTRAK 5771EX PC 2955 EX NYC 2955 56 PASSENGER COACH BUILT 1946-47 NOW OWNED BY NS. THIS FORMER AMTRAK UNIT WAS SOLD TO CONRAIL FOR THEIR BUSINESS CAR FLEET BUT NEVER CONVERTED NOR SOLD TO VIA WITH THE OTHER SURPLUS UNITS. OCT 2, 1999 © JOSH LUBCHANSKY. UPDATE:SOLD FOR ABOUT $4,000 AT THE NS AUCTION.

1362 RINGOES NJ. ON BY THE BLACK RIVER & WESTERN RR PROPERTY. SEPT 27, 2000.

1369 RINGOES NJ. ON BY THE BLACK RIVER & WESTERN RR PROPERTY. SEPT 27, 2000. THE DARK SKY IS A RESULT OF THE POLARIZER I PUT ON MY DIGITAL CAMERA.

**ALL PHOTOGRAPHS © JEFF LUBCHANSKY EXCEPT AS NOTED.**

**AMTRAK RELICS** **THESE UNITS APPARANTLY DON'T SEE MUCH ROAD SERVICE ANYMORE**
16716	AMTRAK 16716 APPEARS TO BE AN EX ARMY AMBULANCE CAR BASED ON THE LARGE SIDE DOOR. COULD NOT LOCATE THE ORIGINAL NUMBER. JUNE 19, 1999 - NEW JERSEY.UPDATE: EX US ARMY 801.
TOOL CAR	FORMER PRR BAGGAGE CAR CONVERTED TO WRECK TRAIN TOOL CAR. WASHINGTON, DC. APRIL 20, 2007.
PRR 497310	FORMER BAGGAGE CAR REMOVED FROM SERVICE DURING PENNSEY DAYS. UNIT STILL HAS IT'S TRUCKS. YARDLEY, PA. AUGUST 1, 2003.
9147	EX NYC/PC BAGGAGE CAR AT MOW SIDING. USED FOR STORAGE BUT STILL ON TRUCKS. PROBABLY NEVER ON THE ROSTER. YARDLEY, PA. AUGUST 1, 2003.
16307	EX PASSENGER/BAGGAGE COMBO. WAS USED AS A CANTENARY REPAIR SERVICE CAR. YARDLEY, PA. AUGUST 1, 2003.
16504	ARMY KITCHEN CAR MOST IDENTIFICATION MARKS ARE STILL VISABLE. IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN MODIFIED-TOO MUCH. PHILADELPHIA, PA, DEC 15, 2001.
17006	EX PRR BOX CAR 497315. NEWARK, NJ. APRIL 4, 2002. CLASS X31. "S" INDICATES SERVICE AFTER BEING REMOVED FROM REVENUE SERVICE. THE 497315 WAS PROBABLY THE SERVICE NUMBER.(INFO BY ANDREW S. MILLER). SCRAPPED 4/05.
17121	EX PRR BAGGAGE CAR STILL WITH ORIGINAL MARKINGS AND IN SURPRISINGLY GOOD COSMETIC CONDITION. PHILADELPHIA, PA. DEC 15, 2001. CLASS B60b "MESSENGER CAR". CAR HAD A TOILET, DESK, WATER COOLER AND VENTILATION TO ACCOMIDATE THE ATTENDANT. (INFO BY ANDREW S. MILLER).
17166	EX NYC/PC END LOADING BAGGAGE CAR OFF IT'S TRUCKS. AMTRAK ELECTICAL MOW FACILITY. NEWARK, NJ. APRIL 4, 2002. SCRAPPED 3/31/05.
PC 9164	SITTING ON TIES NEXT TO 17166, I COULDN'T LOCATE AN AMTRAK NUMBER. NEWARK, NJ. APRIL 4, 2002. SCRAPPED 4/05.
7605	USED AT THE END OF THE MAIL TRAIN TO COMPLY WITH NEW REGULATIONS CONCERNING AMTRAK CARRYING FREIGHT. THIS CAR NO LONGER IN PASSENGER SERVICE. NOV 11, 2000. WASHINGTON DC. EX AMT 7414, PC 1584 & PRR 1584.
14006	CLASS N5 CABOOSE. EX PC/CR. BUILT AUG 1918. NOT ON AMTRAK ROSTER BUT USED AS A WORK OFFICE ON THE N.E. CORRIDOR. CAN BE SEEN CLEARLY AT THE METUCHEN NJT PARK AND RIDE. METUCHEN, NJ. FEB 25, 2000.
17071	YOU CAN STILL SEE THE WORDS SANTE FE BETWEEN THE TWO FREIGHT DOORS. THIS IS AMTRAK 17071 EX SF ??? BAGGAGE CAR WITH END DOORS. JUNE 19, 1999 NEW JERSEY.
9140	AMT 9140. LANCASTER, PA.. JUNE 1. 2002. EX PC/NEW YORK CENTRAL 9140.
8400	EX AMTRAK DINING CAR 8400. EX BN-GN 1145. LOOKS TO BE JUST A RUSTED HULK. NEWARK, NJ. JAN 29, 2000.
8400	OPPOSITE VIEW. NEWARK, NJ. JAN 29, 2000.
9125	AMT 9125 AND 9146 BAGGAGE CARS. EX PC, EX NYC. LANCASTER PA. JUNE 1, 2002.
PC 7628	EX PRR B60 BAGGAGE CAR. WE WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY IDENTIFYING MARKS ON THIS BAGGAGE CAR. I DON'T KNOW IF IT EVER HAD AN AMTRAK MARK. DOES THE STAR INDICATE A MILITARY CAR? JUNE 19, 1999 - NEW JERSEY. WENT BACK, IT WAS PC, DON'T HAVE A #. UPDATE - EX PC 7628. NEW UPDATE - STAR INDICATES CAR HAD VENTILATORS, A TOILET AND A DESK.(A BUCHAN).
16722	AMTRAK 16722 HAD NO OTHER IDENTIFYING MARKS. JUNE 19, 1999 NEW JERSEY. UPDATE: PRIOR # WAS 6021. EX AMT 5208, SCL 5208 & SAL 6223,
17040	AMTRAK 17040 IN NEW BRUNSWICK NJ, JUNE 26, 1999. LOOKS A LITTLE LIKE A PRR COMBI CAR. NO OTHER MARKINGS TO IDENTIFY THIS UNIT. UPDATE: EX TROPICANA CAR, EX PRR BAGGAGE/MAIL CAR.
17018	YOU COULD SEE THE NEW YORK CENTRAL ABOVE THE DOORS, THERE WAS ALSO A #9142 PAINTED OVER. CURRENTLY AMTRAK 17018. JUNE 19, 1999 - NEW JERSEY.
17041	AMTRAK 17041 EX 517(OR 547). APPARANTLY AN ARMY AMBULANCE CAR IN A PREVIOUS LIFE. NEW JERSEY - JUNE 19, 1999
USN 61-00171	NO AMTRAK MARKINGS ON THIS US NAVY POWDER CAR # 61-00171. NEW JERSEY JUNE 19-1999
17068	AMTRAK 17068-EX AMTRAK 1091-EX SF 3992. THIS MUST BE AN ELECTRIC UNIT SINCE IT'S PLUGGED IN WITH A BIG EXTENSION CORD. NEW JERSEY JUNE 19, 1999
17053	AMTRAK 17053, COULD NOT MAKE OUT THE OTHER MARKINGS. JUNE 19, 1999, NEW JERSEY. UPDATE:EX NAVY POWDER FACTORY #84.
16320	AMTRAK 16320 AT IVY CITY IN WASHINGTON DC. MAY 3, 1997. THIS CAR WAS ONCE PART OF A WRECK TRAIN. EX-PRR?
6	AMTRAK #6 - EX ARMY TROOP HOSPITAL KITCHEN CAR. THE DOOR WAS REMOVED. ORIGINAL NUMBER 896??, THEN AMTRAK 1306??, THEN AFTER THE E60'S JUST 6. WHAT ABOUT THE P42'S? RENSSELAER, NY OCT 31, 1998.
15681	WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE A RELIC! CHECK OUT THE 3 AXLE TRUCKS. EX-DODX 38107. NEW BRUNSWICK NJ, AUG 8, 1999.
17073	AMT 17073 EX NEW YORK CENTRAL 9188 AT HAMILTON TWP NEW JERSEY. AUG 20, 1999. THE OTHERSIDE WAS PAINTED GREY.
17017	AMT 17017 EX NEW YORK CENTRAL 9130 SITTING ON TRUCKS UNDER A TREE BEHIND HAM TOWER IN NEW JERSEY. AUG 20, 1999.
16301	AMT 16301 EX PRR 3288. HAMILTON TWP NJ. AUG 20, 1999. THE OTHERSIDE STILL HAS IT'S PC MARKINGS. UPDATE: EX PRR P70 COACH CONVERTED TO WRECK TRAIN SERVICE CIRCA 1960 (A BUCHAN).
17091	AMT 17091 - WAS AMT 1551 EX BN-GN-CB&Q 1201EMPIRE BUILDER BAGGAGE DORMITORY CAR BUILT BY ACF IN 1950.
1136	AMT 1136. EX NYC/PC 9162 NEAR THE ROOSEVELT RD BRIDGE WITHIN THE AMTRAK FREIGHT HANDLING FACILITY. AUG 15, 1999.
1305	AMT 1305 - EX US ARMY TROOP HOSPITAL KITCHEN CAR 89657. SEE AMTRAK #6 ABOVE. BUILT IN 1953 BY ACF. REBUILT BY AMTRAK INTO BAGGAGE CAR IN 1973. NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ. AUG 27, 1999. STILL THERE 2/23/00. UPDATE: SEPT 28, 2002 - NO LONGER THERE????
16500	AMTRAK 16500 ON A SCRAPLINE IN NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ. I AM UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY INFO ON THIS CAR. AUG 27, 1999. STILL THERE 2/23/00. UPDATE: Your picture of AMTK 16500 at New Brunswick, NJ is of a stream-styled (or betterment) heavyweight Pullman sleeping car. In the late 1930's the Pennsylvania, along with the B&O and other railroads modified some of their existing heavyweight sleeping cars to make them appear more modern so they would fit-in with the new lightweight cars that were being delivered. When rebuilt, it was painted in the Fleet of Modernism scheme that was used briefly by the PRR before WWII. This particular car is extremely rare. I do not know of any others that are surviving: preserved, or in M of W service. Thomas C. Cornillie. UPDATE: SEPT 28, 2002 - NO LONGER THERE???
292	EX AMTRAK 292 AT ALTOONA, PA. CURRENTLY OWNED BY NS FOR THE POSSIBLE REPAIR OF EX AMTRAK 255 WHICH IS ALSO CURRENTLY AT ALTOONA. OCT 2, 1999 © JOSH LUBCHANSKY. THIS PIECE HAS BEEN SCRAPPED!
255	REAR SECTION OF EX-AMT 255 ON THE JUNIATA SHOPS DEAD LINE. POSSIBLE REBUILD WITH THE ABOVE NOSE. AUG 17, 1999. THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SCRAPPED!
255 LEFT SIDE	THE OTHER SIDE. NOTE THAT IT SEEMS TO HAVE THE PROPER TRUCKS. IT IS STILL WAITING TO BE REBUILT. ALTOONA, PA. JAN 9, 2000.THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SCRAPPED!
5771	EX AMTRAK 5771EX PC 2955 EX NYC 2955 56 PASSENGER COACH BUILT 1946-47 NOW OWNED BY NS. THIS FORMER AMTRAK UNIT WAS SOLD TO CONRAIL FOR THEIR BUSINESS CAR FLEET BUT NEVER CONVERTED NOR SOLD TO VIA WITH THE OTHER SURPLUS UNITS. OCT 2, 1999 © JOSH LUBCHANSKY. UPDATE:SOLD FOR ABOUT $4,000 AT THE NS AUCTION.
1362	RINGOES NJ. ON BY THE BLACK RIVER & WESTERN RR PROPERTY. SEPT 27, 2000.
1369	RINGOES NJ. ON BY THE BLACK RIVER & WESTERN RR PROPERTY. SEPT 27, 2000. THE DARK SKY IS A RESULT OF THE POLARIZER I PUT ON MY DIGITAL CAMERA.

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