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HEP equipped 8501-8532 Diner - 17 in service as of March 23, 2001


Location & Information
 Date
 Photo Credit
Chicago IL
August 1986
from the
collection of
Albert Phleep
8501
(1st)
former SP 10208
Golden Nectar
Retired 1975
Buffalo-Depew NY
  The nameplate close-up
 April 28, 2002
 Jeffrey Oswald
 Buffalo-Depew, NY
 April 28, 2002
 Jeffrey Oswald
Dewitt NY
ex Amtrak 8053
ex BN CB&Q 198
Silver Cuisine
May 24, 1997
 Jeff Finch
Dewitt NY
 May 24,1997
 Jeff Finch
 Albany NY
Silver Cuisine
October 31, 1999 
 Dick Leonhardt
 Silver Cuisine - on the
Lake Shore Limited
October 30, 1999
 Dick Leonhardt
 South Bend IN
October 30, 1999 
 Dick Leonhardt
Trenton NJ
April 23, 2005
Dick Leonhardt
no
photo
yet
 8503
ex Amtrak 8054
ex BN CB&Q 201
Silver Chef
Chicago IL
Silver Restaurant
 May 1988
 Jim Hebner
Trenton NJ
April 23, 2005
Dick Leonhardt
 Tampa FL
2008
Amin Ricker
Secaucus NJ
southbound
Oct 12, 2000
 Jeff Lubchansky
Rochester NY
Train 48
 Jan 15, 2002
 Jeffrey Oswald 
Trenton NJ
ex NP 458
April 23, 2005
Dick Leonhardt
no
photo
yet
8506
 South Bend IN
in the Lakeshore Limited
 Oct 6, 2000
 Dick Leonhardt
  Birmingham AL
on the Northbound Crescent
 April 7, 2001
 Matt Nelson
 Tampa FL
May 11, 2006
 Amin Ricker
Chicago IL
in the Lakeshore Limited
Dec 4, 2010
Jim Hebner
8507
Chicago IL
April 5, 2012
Jim Hebner
8507
Chicago IL
April 5, 2012
Jim Hebner
       
       
no
photo
yet
 8508
San Bernardino CA
1983
from the
collection of
Albert Phleep
 Chicago IL
 March 8, 2001
 Jim Hebner
Rochester NY
 March 23, 2002
 Jeffrey Oswald 
 8510
  Depew NY
 April 7, 2002
  Jeffrey Oswald 
 8510
 Depew NY
 The view from the other side of
the Depew station
 April 7, 2002
  Jeffrey Oswald 
 Tampa FL
2008
Amin Ricker
 8510
Trenton NJ
April 23, 2005
Dick Leonhardt
Jacksonville FL
passing Beaver Street Tower as
part of the Silver Meteor
originally New York Central 454
built by Budd in 1948
July 8, 1999
from the
collection of
Albert Phleep
 Hialeah FL
 Sept 5, 1999
 Jeff Lubchansky
Jacksonville FL
as part of the Silver Meteor
originally New York Central 466
built by Budd in 1948
June 16, 2002
from the
collection of
Albert Phleep
 
8515
Chicago IL
August 1986
from the
collection of
Albert Phleep
8519  Buffalo-Depew NY
(still very faintly visible on the nameplate: NEW YORK CENTRAL)
 February 24, 2002  Jeff Oswald
  8521  New Orleans LA  April, 1990  Dick Leonhardt
  8521  New Orleans LA  April 1, 1990  Dick Leonhardt
8521  Chicago IL
built for NYC 1948
by Budd lot 9624-030
 May 1999  Jim Hebner


 Albany NY
 June 1990
 Dick Leonhardt
 
 Tampa FL
May 11, 2006
Amin Ricker
 Rochester NY
ex Amtrak 8062
ex SP 10212
 Sept 24, 2001
 Dick Leonhardt

 Utica NY
 Sept 24, 2001
 Dick Leonhardt

 South Bend IN
ex Amtrak 8063
ex SP 10214

 Sept 21, 2001
 Dick Leonhardt
Fort Lauderdale
Amtrak/Tri-Rail station.
 Kurt Kaminer.  
 Elkhart IN
  Sept 22, 2001
 Dick Leonhardt
 Buffalo/Depew NY
 Feb 3, 2002
 Jeffrey Oswald 
 
West of Syracuse, NY
the dining area
 March 25, 2002
 Jeffrey Oswald 
 
 West of Syracuse, NY
the entrance hallway
his car is HOW old??? Phase IV overhauls look
and feel great!
 March 25, 2002
 Jeffrey Oswald 

8550 - 8559 Dinner Grill - 8 in service as of March 23, 2001

 
 Dewitt NY
Dinner Grille
 May 11, 1997
 Jeff Finch
 
 Cleveland OH
 October 9, 2000
 Dick Leonhardt
Buffalo-Depew NY
 October 9, 2000
 Dick Leonhardt
 Tampa FL
2008
Amin Ricker
 Dewitt NY
Dinner Grille - former CB&Q/ NP 461 built 1958 for pool service on the
North Coast Limited
June 9, 1997 
Jeff Finch
 Toledo OH
part of the
Lakeshore Limited
June 24, 2000
 Jim Hebner
  Buffalo-Depew NY
Colder than cold!
part of the
Lakeshore Limited
 Feb 28, 2002
 Jeff Oswald
 Washington DC
 April 1998
 Bill Hakkarinen
 Rochester NY
nee NYC 452
ex Penn Central 4552
ex Amtrak 8331
 July 8, 2001
 Jim Hebner
 
8554
Miami FL 1999
Ruben Rabina
from the
collection of
Albert Phleep
 
 "I'm in pieces, bits and pieces.." The end is very very near for 8555 at this NJ scrap yard
 April 27, 1999
 Jeff Lubchansky
 
Delray FL
on the Silver Star
January 31, 1999
Jeff Lubchansky
 
Penn Station NY
January 4, 2001
Jeff Lubchansky
 Chicago IL
Lake Shore Limited
 Jim Hebner
 Tampa FL
 Dec 1, 2006
 Amin Ricker
8559 Jacksonville FL
Part of the Silver Meteor
passing Beaver Street Tower, originally Southern Pacific 10210 built by Budd in 1950
July 10, 1999 from the
collection of
Albert Phleep


Viewliner diner prototype


   8400
 Hialeah yard in Florida
1 is the loneliest number - the only Viewliner diner
 February 2, 1999
Jeff Lubchansky
   8400
 Palmyra NY
 July 1996
Jeffrey Oswald
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This archive was first accessed August 1996