Railroad Picture Archives
AMTK 8051
Owner:
AMTK - Amtrak
Type:
Diner
AAR Classification
AAR Class: M520
Misc Cars
Mechanical Spec: PD
Car equipped for food or beverage service.
Plate:
Owner Class: Steam Heat
Manufacturer & Build Information
Builder:
N/A
External Dimensions:
N/A
Internal Dimensions:
N/A
Capacity Specifications
Weight Capacity:
N/A
Load Limit:
N/A
Dry Capacity:
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Liquid Capacity:
N/A
Notes
48-Seat Diner, ex-CB&Q #194 "Silver Diner", Budd, 1948, to HEP #8500
Photo Gallery
CB&Q 48 seat diner #194 SILVER DINER (Budd, Lot #9624-019, November 1948), built for the CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR, to BN via merger in March 1970, planned as BN #1158, which was not applied, sold in 1971 to Amtrak as #8051, converted from steam heat to head end power (HEP) in September 1979 as #8500 (40 seats), reconfigured in January 1987 to griddle diner #8551 (48 seats), retired in June 2016 and resold at auction in January 2019 to the Fort Wayne RR Historical Society. Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate 35mm slide, brand is unknown. Date and photographer are unknown.
Diner - CBQ 194