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Locomotives
& Equipment of the 1977 AMTRAK AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN TRANSCONTINENTAL STEAM EXCURSION Miami, FL to Birmingham, AL January 14-16 |
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January 14 Miami, FL to Sanford, FL January 15 Sanford, FL to Thomasville, GA January 16 Thomasville, GA to Birmingham, AL |
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After the run of the American Freedom Train it was necessary to return American Freedom Train locomotive 4449 from Miami, FL to its home in Portland, OR. |
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An excursion was devised under the auspices of Amtrak that would allow ticketed passengers the opportunity to ride cross-country behind the famous locomotive. Some 9700 people bought tickets, some for the entire journey, many for short segments between stops not far apart. The first large segment took the locomotive from Miami to Birmingham, AL where it spent the rest of the winter of 1977 at the shops of the Southern Railway. The first leg from Miami to Birmingham was billed as the 1977 Amtrak American Freedom Train Amtrak Transcontinental Steam Excursion. By the time the train left Birmingham in April the name had been 'shortened' to 1977 Amtrak Transcontinental Steam Excursion. |
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AFT Locomotive #4449: Doubtless the most photographed locomotive in the world, the former Southern Pacific GS-4 is the property of the City of Portland Oregon. It was restored specifically to pull the American Freedom Train. Now back in Daylight orange, red and black, the locomotive is today under the care of the Friends of SP 4449. | ||
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AFT Tool Car # PNWC76, COLUMBIA: The Daylight locomotive came from Oregon to join the American Freedom train in Chicago with a former SP&S 6-axle 80' heavyweight baggage/dorm car for use as a tool car -- which was used to help service all three steam locomotives of the AFT. The "PNWC" in its number is short for "Pacific Northwest Chapter" NRHS. For the Amtrak Transcontinental Steam Excursion the car was lettered COLUMBIA, a reference to the Columbia River. | ||
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Locomotives
& Equipment of the two 1977 4449 STEAM EXCURSIONS Birmingham, AL to Chattanooga, TN & Return |
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Date? Birmingham, AL to Chattanooga & Return |
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Locomotives
& Equipment of the 1977 AMTRAK TRANSCONTINENTAL STEAM EXCURSION Birmingham, AL to New Orleans, LA April 13-14 |
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April 13 Birmingham, AL to Jackson, MS |
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| The original plan was to go from Birmingham to St. Louis, then through Kansas City to Denver, Ogden, and Boise on the way to Portland. But the temptation to run the locomotive up the California coast proved too powerful. | |||
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AFT Locomotive #4449: - Doubtless the most photographed locomotive in the world, the former Southern Pacific GS-4 is the property of the City of Portland Oregon. It was restored specifically to pull the American Freedom Train. Now back in Daylight orange, red and black, the locomotive is today under the care of the Friends of SP 4449. | ||
| Union Pacific Water Tender #907853 - A borrowed water tender to help the steam locomotive avoid water stops. Now painted UP yellow and on static display with Union Pacific Gas Turbine #18 at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL. | |||
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AFT Tool Car # PNWC76, COLUMBIA: The Daylight locomotive came from Oregon to join the American Freedom train in Chicago with a former SP&S 6-axle 80' heavyweight baggage/dorm car for use as a tool car -- which was used to help service all three steam locomotives of the AFT. The "PNWC" in its number is short for "Pacific Northwest Chapter" NRHS. For the Amtrak Transcontinental Steam Excursion the car was lettered COLUMBIA, a reference to the Columbia River. | ||
| Amtrak Parlor Car 3644 NATHAN HALE - Ex-Penn Central 7144, exx-PRR 7144, built by Budd in November 1951. To Amtrak 3122 with the addition of HEP. Retired and sold to the Meridian Public Safety Training Facility in Meridian, MS where it is used to train first responders in railway incidents. | |||
| Amtrak Baggage Car 1117 - Ex-Amtrak 1207, exx-BN-NP 410, exx-NP 211, built by Pullman-Standard in 1956/58. Rebuilt with a water tank between 1962 and 1967 and renumbered 410. Renumbered to 1207 by Amtrak, and again to 1117 when water tank was removed in 1975/6. For the steam excursion, rails were placed across the baggage door openings to create an open-air car for viewing and recording the steam locomotive. To Amtrak 1136, then Amtrak 1800. Scrapped in January 2012 at Morristown, NJ. | |||
| Amtrak Dome Coach 9545 SILVER VISION - Ex-BN 4730, exx-CB&Q 4730. | |||
| Amtrak Coach Car 6008 - Ex-Amtrak 4833, exx-SCL 5105, exxx-ACL 275, exxxx-C&O 1609. | |||
| Amtrak Counter-Diner 8399 - Ex-Union Pacific Chuck Wagon 4003, built by ACF in 1955 as a counter-diner for the City of St. Louis train. Rebuilt by UP in 1960 to a 'chuck wagon' configuration with eight table seats, a long counter without seats, and a kitchen at one end. Retired by Amtrak in 1981 and sold to private party. To Northern Rail Car in Wisconsin and converted to kitchen NRCX 800559. To Scenic Rail Dining Tours around 1990. To Trancisco Tours as PINE RIVER. Back to Northern Rail Car and sold in 1993 to Union Pacific to become UPP 4003 PACIFIC LIMITED. In 2012 the car was part of the UP 150th Anniversary Train. | |||
| Amtrak Dome Coach 9542 SILVER STREAM - Ex-BN 4727, exx-CB&Q 4727. | |||
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Amtrak Snack Bar Coach 3965 - Ex-PC 3204, exx-NYC 3022, built by Pullman-Standard in 1946 as a 64-seat coach. Rebuilt to a 50-seat snack bar coach in 1968/9. Image: Dan Haneckow at Eugene, OR May 1, 1977. |
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| Amtrak Snack Bar Coach 3925 - Ex-C&O 1701, exx-Pere Marquette 135, built in 1950 by Pullman-Standard as a coach-lounge. Rebuilt to a 46-seat snack bar coach in 1968. | |||
| Amtrak Coach Car 6024 -- Ex-Amtrak 5211, exx-SCL 5211, exxx-SAL 6226. | |||
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Amtrak Observation-Dome-Lounge Car 9310 - Ex-Southern 1601, exx-Central of Georgia 1601, exxx-N&W 1601, exxxx-Wabash 1601 built by Budd in 1950 for the Blue Bird as a dome-parlor-observation. Amtrak reconfigured the car with buffet and cocktail lounge seats where the original Parlor seating was. To private owner as SUSACAPAJO in 1977. Later to another private owner. Now at the Southeastern Railway Museum as RPCX 1601. Seen here at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal in 1984. Image by John Lewis | ||
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Locomotives
& Equipment of the 1977 AMTRAK TRANSCONTINENTAL STEAM EXCURSION New Orleans, LA to Los Angeles, CA April 16-24 |
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April 16 New Orleans, LA to Houston, TX April 17 Houston, TX to San Antonio, TX April 19 San Antonio, TX to Sanderson, TX April 20 Sanderson, TX to El Paso, TX April 22 El Paso, TX to Tucson, AZ April 23 Tucson, AZ to Yuma, AZ April 24 Yuma, AZ to Los Angeles, CA |
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AFT Locomotive #4449: Doubtless the most photographed locomotive in the world, the former Southern Pacific GS-4 is the property of the City of Portland Oregon. It was restored specifically to pull the American Freedom Train. Now back in Daylight orange, red and black, the locomotive is today under the care of the Friends of SP 4449. | ||
| Union Pacific Water Tender #907853 - A borrowed water tender to help the steam locomotive avoid water stops. Now painted UP yellow and on static display with Union Pacific Gas Turbine #18 at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL. | |||
| Amtrak Locomotive #543 - An SDP40F. The locomotive was eventually traded back to EMD for a new F40 locomotive. Components from this locomotive were used in the construction of Amtrak F40PHR 286. | |||
| Amtrak Baggage Car 1180 - Ex-PC 9102, exx-NYC 9102. This car was from the same 9100-series of baggage cars that were used to create all the display cars of the American Freedom Train. | |||
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AFT Tool Car # PNWC76, COLUMBIA: The Daylight locomotive came from Oregon to join the American Freedom train in Chicago with a former SP&S 6-axle 80' heavyweight baggage/dorm car for use as a tool car -- which was used to help service all three steam locomotives of the AFT. The "PNWC" in its number is short for "Pacific Northwest Chapter" NRHS. For the Amtrak Transcontinental Steam Excursion the car was lettered COLUMBIA, a reference to the Columbia River. | ||
| Amtrak Parlor Car 3644 NATHAN HALE - Ex-Penn Central 7144, exx-PRR 7144, built by Budd in November 1951. To Amtrak 3122 with the addition of HEP. Retired and sold to the Meridian Public Safety Training Facility in Meridian, MS where it is used to train first responders in railway incidents. | |||
| Amtrak Baggage Car 1117 - Ex-Amtrak 1207, exx-BN-NP 410, exx-NP 211, built by Pullman-Standard in 1956/58. Rebuilt with a water tank between 1962 and 1967 and renumbered 410. Renumbered to 1207 by Amtrak, and again to 1117 when water tank was removed in 1975/6. For the steam excursion, rails were placed across the baggage door openings to create an open-air car for viewing and recording the steam locomotive. To Amtrak 1136, then Amtrak 1800. Scrapped in January 2012 at Morristown, NJ. | |||
| Amtrak Dome Coach 9545 SILVER VISION - Ex-BN 4730, exx-CB&Q 4730. The car was taken off at the end of the segment in Los Angeles. | |||
| Amtrak Coach Car 5685 - Ex-PC 2953, exx-NYC 2953, built by Budd in 1946/7 as a 56-seat coach. Retired by Amtrak in 1983. | |||
| Amtrak Coach Car 6023 - Ex-Amtrak 5210, exx-SCL 5210, exxx-SAL 6225, built by Budd in 1947 as a 52-seat coach. Rebuilt as a 60-seat coach by Amtrak. | |||
| Amtrak Coach Car 6021 - Ex-Amtrak 5208, exx-SCL 5208, exxx-SAL 6223, built by Budd in 1947 as a 52-seat coach. Rebuilt as a 60-seat coach by Amtrak. | |||
| Amtrak Counter-Diner 8399 - Ex-Union Pacific Chuck Wagon 4003, built by ACF in 1955 as a counter-diner for the City of St. Louis train. Rebuilt by UP in 1960 to a 'chuck wagon' configuration with eight table seats, a long counter without seats, and a kitchen at one end. Retired by Amtrak in 1981 and sold to private party. To Northern Rail Car in Wisconsin and converted to kitchen NRCX 800559. To Scenic Rail Dining Tours around 1990. To Trancisco Tours as PINE RIVER. Back to Northern Rail Car and sold in 1993 to Union Pacific to become UPP 4003 PACIFIC LIMITED. In 2012 the car was part of the UP 150th Anniversary Train. | |||
Amtrak Dome Coach 9542 SILVER STREAM - Ex-BN 4727, exx-CB&Q 4727. |
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Amtrak Snack Bar Coach 3965 - Ex-PC 3204, exx-NYC 3022, built by Pullman-Standard in 1946 as a 64-seat coach. Rebuilt to a 50-seat snack bar coach in 1968/9. Image: Dan Haneckow at Eugene, OR May 1, 1977. |
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| Amtrak Snack Bar Coach 3925 - Ex-C&O 1701, exx-Pere Marquette 135, built in 1950 by Pullman-Standard as a coach-lounge. Rebuilt to a 46-seat snack bar coach in 1968. | |||
| Amtrak Coach Car 6024 - Ex-Amtrak 5211, exx-SCL 5211, exxx-SAL 6226, built by Budd in 1947 as a 52-seat coach. Rebuilt as a 60-seat coach by Amtrak. | |||
Amtrak Coach Car 6013 - Ex-Amtrak 5200, exx-SCL 5200, exxx-SAL 6215. |
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Amtrak Coach Car 6018 - Ex-Amtrak 5205, exx-SCL 5205, exxx-SAL 6220, built by Budd in 1947 as a 52-seat coach. Rebuilt as a 60-seat coach by Amtrak. |
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Amtrak Observation-Dome-Lounge Car 9310 - Ex-Southern 1601, exx-Central of Georgia 1601, exxx-N&W 1601, exxxx-Wabash 1601 built by Budd in 1950 for the Blue Bird as a dome-parlor-observation. Amtrak reconfigured the car with buffet and cocktail lounge seats where the original Parlor seating was. To private owner as SUSACAPAJO in 1977. Later to another private owner. Now at the Southeastern Railway Museum as RPCX 1601. Seen here at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal in 1984. Image by John Lewis | ||
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Locomotives
& Equipment of the 1977 AMTRAK TRANSCONTINENTAL STEAM EXCURSION Los Angeles, CA to Portland, OR April 26-May 1 |
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April 26 Los Angeles, CA to San Luis Obispo, CA April 27 San Luis Obispo, CA to Oakland, CA April 29 Oakland, CA to Dunsmuir, CA April 30 Dunsmuir, CA to Eugene, OR May 1 Eugene, OR to Portland, OR |
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AFT Locomotive #4449: Doubtless the most photographed locomotive in the world, the former Southern Pacific GS-4 is the property of the City of Portland Oregon. It was restored specifically to pull the American Freedom Train. Now back in Daylight orange, red and black, the locomotive is today under the care of the Friends of SP 4449. | ||
| Union Pacific Water Tender #907853 - A borrowed water tender to help the steam locomotive avoid water stops. Now painted UP yellow and on static display with Union Pacific Gas Turbine #18 at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL. | |||
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Amtrak Locomotive #527: An SDP40F, seen here departing Los Angeles April 26, 1977. The diesel locomotive came off the train at Eugene, OR and Southern Pacific business car 106 OREGON was added ahead of parlor car 3644, making for a 20-car train. The locomotive was eventually traded back to EMD for a new F40 locomotive. Components from this locomotive were used in the construction of Amtrak F40PHR 379. | ||
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AFT Tool Car # PNWC76, COLUMBIA: The Daylight locomotive came from Oregon to join the American Freedom train in Chicago with a former SP&S 6-axle 80' heavyweight baggage/dorm car for use as a tool car -- which was used to help service all three steam locomotives of the AFT. The "PNWC" in its number is short for "Pacific Northwest Chapter" NRHS. For the Amtrak Transcontinental Steam Excursion the car was lettered COLUMBIA, a reference to the Columbia River. | ||
| Southern Pacific Business Car 106 OREGON was added ahead of parlor car 3644 at Eugene, OR, making for a 20-car train on the final day of the trip. The car had served as observation car CENTRAL PLAINS on the 1947-1949 Freedom Train. | |||
Amtrak Parlor Car 3644 NATHAN HALE - Ex-Penn Central 7144, exx-PRR 7144, built by Budd in November 1951. To Amtrak 3122 with the addition of HEP. Retired and sold to the Meridian Public Safety Training Facility in Meridian, MS where it is used to train first responders in railway incidents. |
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Amtrak Baggage Car 1117 - Ex-Amtrak 1207, exx-BN-NP 410, exx-NP 211, built by Pullman-Standard in 1956/58. Rebuilt with a water tank between 1962 and 1967 and renumbered 410. Renumbered to 1207 by Amtrak, and again to 1117 when water tank was removed in 1975/6. For the steam excursion, rails were placed across the baggage door openings to create an open-air car for viewing and recording the steam locomotive. To Amtrak 1136, then Amtrak 1800. Scrapped in January 2012 at Morristown, NJ. |
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Amtrak Coach Car 5231 - Ex-Santa Fe 3159, built by Budd in 1956 as a 52-seat coach. Retired by Amtrak in 1981 and sold to a restaurant in Prescott, AZ. Cut up near Prescott, AZ. |
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Amtrak Coach Car 5685 - Ex-PC 2953, exx-NYC 2953, built by Budd in 1946/7 as a 56-seat coach. Retired by Amtrak in 1983. |
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Amtrak Counter-Diner 8399 - Ex-Union Pacific Chuck Wagon 4003, built by ACF in 1955 as a counter-diner for the City of St. Louis train. Rebuilt by UP in 1960 to a 'chuck wagon' configuration with eight table seats, a long counter without seats, and a kitchen at one end. Retired by Amtrak in 1981 and sold to private party. To Northern Rail Car in Wisconsin and converted to kitchen NRCX 800559. To Scenic Rail Dining Tours around 1990. To Trancisco Tours as PINE RIVER. Back to Northern Rail Car and sold in 1993 to Union Pacific to become UPP 4003 PACIFIC LIMITED. In 2012 the car was part of the UP 150th Anniversary Train. |
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| Amtrak Coach Car 6023 - Ex-Amtrak 5210, exx-SCL 5210, exxx-SAL 6225, built by Budd in 1947 as a 52-seat coach. Rebuilt as a 60-seat coach by Amtrak. | |||
| Amtrak Coach Car 6021 - Ex-Amtrak 5208, exx-SCL 5208, exxx-SAL 6223, built by Budd in 1947 as a 52-seat coach. Rebuilt as a 60-seat coach by Amtrak. | |||
| Amtrak Snack Bar Coach 3925 - Ex-C&O 1701, exx-Pere Marquette 135, built in 1950 by Pullman-Standard as a coach-lounge. Rebuilt to a 46-seat snack bar coach in 1968. | |||
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Amtrak Snack Bar Coach 3965 - Ex-PC 3204, exx-NYC 3022, built by Pullman-Standard in 1946 as a 64-seat coach. Rebuilt to a 50-seat snack bar coach in 1968/9. Image: Dan Haneckow at Eugene, OR May 1, 1977. |
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Amtrak Dome Lounge 9373 - Ex-Southern Pacific 3604, rebuilt from parlor car 3000. Built by Pullman-Standard in 1937 for the Daylight. To Minnesota Zephyr Dinner Train as GRAND DOME. To Rio Grande Scenic Railroad in Alamosa, CO in 2013. Image: Dan Haneckow at Eugene, OR May 1, 1977. |
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| Amtrak Coach Car 5406 - Ex-SCL 5406, exx-ACL 214, a 54-seat coach built by Budd in 1940. | |||
| Amtrak Coach Car 6035 - Ex-Amtrak 5227, exx-Santa Fe 3140, built by Budd in 1941 as a 52-seat coach. Rebuilt as a 60-seat coach by Amtrak. | |||
| Amtrak Coach Car 5226 - Ex-Santa Fe 3139, built by Budd in 1941. Retired by Amtrak in 1981. | |||
| Amtrak Coach Car 6024 - Ex-Amtrak 5211, exx-SCL 5211, exxx-SAL 6226, built by Budd in 1947 as a 52-seat coach. Rebuilt as a 60-seat coach by Amtrak. | |||
| Amtrak Coach Car 5230 - Ex-Santa Fe 3153, built by Budd in 1946 as a 52-seat coach. Reconfigured in 1953 to a 32-seat chair / 9-seat lounge (automat). Reconfigured back to a 52-seat chair in 1965. Retired by Amtrak in 1981. | |||
| Amtrak Coach Car 5236 - Ex-Santa Fe 3166, built by Budd in 1946 as a 52-seat coach. The car was retired by Amtrak later in 1977 and sold to Vandenberg Air Force Base for a planned hospitality car that never happened, though the interior was mostly removed. Later to Arizona Railway Museum and converted to a full lounge named REGAL PHOENIX, again lettered for the Santa Fe. | |||
Amtrak Coach Car 6018 - Ex-Amtrak 5205, exx-SCL 5205, exxx-SAL 6220, built by Budd in 1947 as a 52-seat coach. Rebuilt as a 60-seat coach by Amtrak. |
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Amtrak Observation Lounge 3342 - Ex-SCL 5842, exx-SAL 6602 built by Budd in 1947. Sported a Panama Limited tail herald. Retired by Amtrak in October 1981. Now landlocked on former WP tracks. Used as office space at 300 De Haro Street in San Francisco. Image: Dan Haneckow at Eugene, OR May 1, 1977. |
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