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the HEP Diners


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HEP equipped 8501-8532 Diner - 17 in service as of March 23, 2001
  Location & Information  Date  Photo Credit
 8501 Buffalo-Depew NY
  The nameplate close-up
 April 28, 2002  Jeffrey Oswald
 8501  Buffalo-Depew, NY  April 28, 2002  Jeffrey Oswald
. 8502 Dewitt NY
ex Amtrak 8053
ex BN CB&Q 198
Silver Cuisine
May 24,1997  Jeff Finch
.  8502 Dewitt NY  May 24,1997  Jeff Finch
.  8502  Albany NY
Silver Cuisine
October 31, 1999   Dick Leonhardt
.  8502  Silver Cuisine - on the
Lake Shore Limited
 October 30,1999  Dick Leonhardt
.  8502  South Bend IN October 30, 1999   Dick Leonhardt
no photo yet  8503 ex Amtrak 8054
ex BN CB&Q 201
Silver Chef
. .
 8504  Chicago IL
Silver Restaurant
 May 1988  Jim Hebner
8504  Tampa FL 2008 Amin Ricker
8505  Secaucus NJ
southbound
 Oct 12, 2000  Jeff Lubchansky
 8505 Rochester NY
Train 48. On time!
 Jan 15, 2002  Jeffrey Oswald 
 8507  South Bend IN
in the Lakeshore Limited
 Oct 6, 2000  Dick Leonhardt
 8507   Birmingham AL
on the Northbound Crescent
 April 7, 2001  Matt Nelson
8507  Tampa FL May 11, 2006  Amin Ricker
8510  Chicago IL  March 8, 2001  Jim Hebner
 8510 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 
 8510  Tampa FL 2008 Amin Ricker
8514  Hialeah FL  Sept 5, 1999  Jeff Lubchansky
 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


8524  Albany NY  June 1990  Dick Leonhardt
  8524  Tampa FL May 11, 2006 Amin Ricker
 8527  Rochester NY
ex Amtrak 8062
ex SP 10212
 Sept 24, 2001  Dick Leonhardt

 8527  Utica NY  Sept 24, 2001  Dick Leonhardt
 8528

 South Bend IN
ex Amtrak 8063
ex SP 10214

 Sept 21, 2001  Dick Leonhardt
. 8528 Fort Lauderdale
Amtrak/Tri-Rail station.
   Kurt Kaminer.  
.  8531  Elkhart IN   Sept 22, 2001  Dick Leonhardt
 8532  Buffalo/Depew NY  Feb 3, 2002  Jeffrey Oswald 
. 8532  
West of Syracuse, NY
the dining area
 March 25, 2002  Jeffrey Oswald 
   8532  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
. 8550  Dewitt NY
Dinner Grille
 May 11, 1997  Jeff Finch
. 8551  Cleveland OH  October 9, 2000  Dick Leonhardt
. 8551 Buffalo-Depew NY  October 9, 2000  Dick Leonhardt
8551  Tampa FL 2008 Amin Ricker
8552  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
  8555  "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
  8556 Delray FL
on the Silver Star
January 31, 1999 Jeff Lubchansky

 

 

8558 Penn Station NY January 4, 2001 Jeff Lubchansky
8558  Chicago IL
Lake Shore Limited
   Jim Hebner
8558  Tampa FL  Dec 1, 2006  Amin Ricker


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