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The 1700 series Baggage Cars

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Heritage fleet coaches converted to 1700 series Baggage Cars (1701-1763)
All were Bud Coaches originally.
As of March 23, 2001 thirty three were in service. There have been reports of some structural issue sidelining some cars.
    Location & information  Date  Photo Credit 
1701  Los Angeles CA
Built 1961 for UP #5516
first Amtrak #4448
second Amtrak # 4645		  April 21, 1999  Dick Leonhardt
 1701  Los Angeles CA  April 21, 1999  Dick Leonhardt
 1702  Chicago IL  August 15, 1999 Jim Hebner
 1702  Los Angeles CA  March 25, 2000 Jim Hebner
 1702  Chicago IL
built as ATSF coach #2827 in 1953
became Amtrak 4820, then Amtrak 4727 before being rebuilt into a baggage car		  March 8, 2001 Jim Hebner
 1704  Chicago IL  August 15, 1999 Jim Hebner
1704  Cleveland OH  September 20, 1999  Jim Hebner
 1704  Framingham MA  March 1, 2000 Dick Leonhardt 
1704  Chicago IL  Sept 4, 2000  Jim Hebner
1705  Milwaukee WS
on train #7		  July 4, 2001  USATRANSCOM
 1705  Lamy NM
on train #4		  March 24, 2003  Jim Hebner
    1705  Tampa FL  Dec 1, 2006  Amin Ricker
1707  Sanford FL
used with the Sunset Limited		  Dec. 30, 2000  Jeff Lubchansky
1708  Janesville WS  July 19, 2000  USATRANSCOM
1708  Interior of 1708  July 19, 2000  USATRANSCOM
1708  Interior of 1708 looking the other way  July 19, 2000  USATRANSCOM
1710  Chicago IL  May 1999  Jim Hebner
 1711  Tampa FL  Nov 28, 2006  Amin Ricker
  no photo yet  1712      
  no photo yet  1713  converted to mail only service
and renumbered 1750		    
   1714  Tampa FL  May 11, 2006  Amin Rucker
1715  Los Angeles CA
Built 1953 for ATSF #2853
first Amtrak #4865
second Amtrak #4726		  April 22, 1999  Dick Leonhardt
  no photo yet  1716      
  no photo yet  1717      
 1718  Framingham MA  February 22, 2000  Dick Leonhardt
 1720  Chicago IL
Built 1953 for ATSF #2852
first Amtrak #4864
second Amtrak # 4738		  April 19, 1999  Dick Leonhardt
 1720 Ft Worth TX
northbound Texas Eagle.		 Jan 21, 2001   Derek Pinsonat
 1721  Chicago IL  August 15, 1999 Jim Hebner
1722  Kansas City MO
on the Southwest Chief
 converted to mail only service
and renumbered 1751

Built 1954 for SP #2374 (2nd)
first Amtrak #4437
second Amtrak # 4003		  July 16,1999  Jim Hebner
 no photo yet  1723  converted to mail only service
and renumbered 1752		    
 no photo yet  1724  converted to mail only service
and renumbered 1753		    
 no photo yet  1725  converted to mail only service
and renumbered 1754		    
 no photo yet  1726    
 no photo yet  1727  converted to mail only service
and renumbered 1755		    
 no photo yet  1728  converted to mail only service
and renumbered 1756		    
 no photo yet  1729  converted to mail only service
and renumbered 1757		    
 no photo yet  1730      
 no photo yet  1731      
 no photo yet  1732      
 no photo yet  1733      
 1734  Birmingham AL
in the Crescent		  April 7, 2001  
 1735  Tampa, Fl 04/07/2006  Amin Ricker 
1736  Chicago IL
Built 1961 for UP #5527
first Amtrak #4459
second Amtrak #4636		  August 15, 1999  Jim Hebner
 1737  Los Angeles CA
part of the Southwest Chief
 converted to mail only service
and renumbered 1758		  March 25, 2000

 Jim Hebner
 no photo yet  1738    
 no photo yet  1739  converted to mail only service
and renumbered 1759		    
1740  Chicago IL
later  converted to mail only service and renumbered 1760
Built 1950 for SP #2372 (1st) to TN&O as #445 later back to as SP 2233first Amtrak #4420
second Amtrak # 4648		  April 19, 1999  Dick Leonhardt


Twelve earlier coach/baggage conversions and two more coaches were converted to mail only service
renumbered/numbered 1750-1763
  no photo yet  1750 ex Amtrak 1713 , .
  no photo yet  1751  ex Amtrak 1722    
  no photo yet  1752  ex Amtrak 1723    
 1753  Tampa FL
ex Amtrak 1724		  May 11, 2006  Amin Rucker
  no photo yet  1754  ex Amtrak 1725    
  no photo yet  1755  ex Amtrak 1727    
 1756  Toledo OH
ex Amtrak 1728		  October 6, 2000  Dick Leonhardt
 no photo yet  1757  ex Amtrak 1729    
 1758  Philadelphia PA
ex Amtrak 1737		  Dec 15, 2001  Jeff Lubchansky
1759  Chicago IL
ex Amtrak 1739		  Nov 12, 2001  Jim Hebner
1759 Tampa FL 2008 Amin Ricker
 1760  Elkhart IN
ex Amtrak 1740		  Sept. 23, 2001  Dick Leonhardt
 no photo yet  1761 ex Amtrak 1719    
  no photo yet  1762  ex Amtrak coach 4009    
  no photo yet  1762  ex Amtrak coach 4017    

 1763 Buffalo-Depew, NY
1763 has been built with a plug door and more accurate phase 4 wide striping. This car lacks any markings except for the door dimensions, car number, and lettering. perhaps flimsy roll up doors got bashed up by forklifts too often.		  March 17, 2002  Jeff Oswald
         


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AMTRAK HERITAGE FLEET COACHES CONVERTED TO 1700-SERIES BAGGAGE CARS
from CINDERS - March 1997

CAR # SECOND AMTRAK # FIRST AMTRAK # YEAR BUILT

BUILT AS
1701 4645 4448 1961 Union Pacific 5516
1702 4727 4820 1953 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 2827
1703 4722 4867 1953 AT&SF 2855
1704 4732 4815 1953 AT&SF 2821
1705 4728 4863 1953 AT&SF 2851
1706 4701 4854 1953 AT&SF 2842
1707 4702 4858 1953 AT&SF 2846
1708 4703 4871 1953 AT&SF 2859
1709 4016 4413 1950 Southern Pacific 2365 [1st], to T&NO 438, later to SP 2226
1710 4715 4828 1953 AT&SF 2836
1711 4718 4813 1953 AT&SF 2819
1712 4720 4859 1953 AT&SF 2847
1713 4723 4855 1953 AT&SF 2843
1714 4724 4862 1953 AT&SF 2850
1715 4726 4865 1953 AT&SF 2853
1716 4730 4869 1953 AT&SF 2857
1717 4735 4851 1953 AT&SF 2838
1718 4736 4866 1953 AT&SF 2854
1719 4737 4872 1953 AT&SF 2860
1720 4738 4864 1953 AT&SF 2852
1721 4002 4434 1954 SP 2371 [2nd]
1722 4003 4437 1954 SP 2374 [2nd]
1723 4004 4435 1954 SP 2372 [2nd]
1724 4006 4439 1954 SP 2376 [2nd]
1725 4008 4424 1950 SP 2376 [1st], to T&NO 449, later to SP 2237
1726 4015 4426 1954 SP 2363
1727 4020 4429 1954 SP 2366 [2nd]
1728 4627 4441 1961 UP 5509
1729 4628 4454 1961 UP 5522
1730 4629 4440 1961 UP 5508
1731 4630 4450 1961 UP 5518
1732 4631 4451 1961 UP 5519
1733 4632 4457 1961 UP 5525
1734 4634 4446 1961 UP 5514
1735 4635 4453 1961 UP 5521
1736 4636 4459 1961 UP 5527
1737 4638 4449 1961 UP 5517
1738 4641 4447 1961 UP 5515
1739 4643 4452 1961 UP 5520
1740 4648 4420 1950 SP 2372 [1st], to T&NO 445, later to SP 2233

 

 

NOTES:

All cars built by Budd Company, Red Lion Plant, Philadelphia, PA

Budd Company, under Order #9613-040 built 44-seat coaches 2364-2378 for Southern Pacific in 1950. Cars 2364-2376 became Texas & New Orleans 437-449 in 1951, then were renumbered back to SP 2225-2237 in 1961. Meanwhile, SP ordered a second lot of 15 44-seat coaches under Order #9613-140, numbered 2362-2376, which were delivered in 1954.

Car 1709 was originally scheduled to be rebuilt from Heritage Coach 4704

 

SOURCES

Passenger Train Annual 1988, compiled by Mike Schafer, Interurban Press

Streamliner Cars, Volume 2-The Budd Company, by W. David Randall, 1981

Elbert W. Simon, Jr.

R. L. Eastwood, Jr.

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This archive was first accessed August 1996