Amtrak Photo Archive
the Head End Power Cars



 

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when the delivery of new HEP cars outpaced HEP equipped locomotives old baggage cars and E8B were made into HEP cars

  Car #  Location & Information  Date  Photo Credit
 Head End Power cars 685-689 where built in 1953 by St. Louis Car Company as US Army kitchen cars,
Rebuilt into 1300 series baggage cars in 1973 - Rebuilt into 1290 series HEP cars in 1975
685  ex Amtrak HEP 1291
ex Amtrak baggage 1300
nee US Army 89637
 October 1977  John Kuehl

 no photo yet
686   ex Amtrak HEP 1292
ex Amtrak baggage 1304
nee US Army 89657
   

 no photo yet
687   ex Amtrak HEP 1293
ex Amtrak baggage 1305
nee US Army 89661
   

 no photo yet
688   ex Amtrak HEP 1294
ex Amtrak baggage 1306
nee US Army 89670
   

 no photo yet
689   ex Amtrak HEP 1295
ex Amtrak baggage 1307
nee US Army 89625
   

 Built by Pullman Standard as coaches for UP in 1942 -
rebuilt as HEP cars in 1975 by Auto Liner Corp

 no photo yet

 690

 ex Amtrak HEP 1297
ex AutoLiner 300
nee Union Pacific 5351
   

 

 691

 ex Amtrak HEP 1298 (shown here)
ex AutoLiner 301
nee Union Pacific 5331

 Oct 15 1975

 Amtrak

 
 

 The generator set in 1298
used locomotive generator to allow for is reuse after the need for HEP cars was past. There were two generator sets per car

 Oct 15 1975

 Amtrak

 

 Controls in the 1298

 Oct 15 1975

 Amtrak

 no photo yet

 692

 ex Amtrak HEP 1299
ex AutoLiner 302
nee Union Pacific 5364
   

 693-696 Built in 1947 by ACF for NYC as end door baggage cars
rebuilt in 1977 into HEP cars

no photo yet

693

ex Amtrak 1124
ex Penn Central 9151,
ex NYC 9151
   
694 Chicago IL
ex Amtrak 1138
ex Penn Central 9166, ex NYC 9166
 May 12, 1985  Paul Hunnell

 no photo yet

 695

 ex Amtrak 1139
ex Penn Central 9170,
ex NYC 9170
   

 no photo yet

 696

 ex Amtrak 1126
ex Penn Central 9105,
ex NYC 9105
   

 

 6

 Albany NY
I know it is a HEP car made from a baggage car but the number is strange - what if P42 #6 added it to it's train?

Oct 31, 1999

 Dick Leonhardt


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This archive was first accessed August 1996