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Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PD: Car equipped for food or beverage service.
AAR Type: M520
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
User Notes:   21 seat lunch counter-16 seat diner, AC&F, Lot #3813, 1955, rebuilt 1960 to 16 seat lounge-cafeteria, 1974 to AMTK 16 seat diner-cafeteria #8399, sold 1981 to R. Hayes/Northern Rail Car (NRCX) #800559/Transcisco Tours PINE RIVER/NRCX/UPP #4003 PACIFIC LIMITED

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UP #4003
Title:  UP #4003
Description:  UP 21 seat lunch counter-16 seat diner #4003 (AC&F, 1955, Lot #3813). Rebuilt in 1960 to 16 seat lounge-cafeteria, sold in 1974 to Amtrak and reconfigured to 16 seat diner-cafeteria as #8399, retired in 1981 and sold to an "R. Hayes" in Barstow, later resold to Northern Rail Car in Cudahy, WI, and rebuilt to a kitchen car as NRCX #800559, leased to Scenic Rail Dining Tours, then resold to Transcisco Tours as the PINE RIVER, repossessed by Northern Rail Car after Transcisco bankruptcy, then resold in 1993 to UP as UPP #4003/#800559 PACIFIC LIMITED. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome 35mm slide.
Photo Date:  4/25/1971  Upload Date: 11/28/2016 10:23:10 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Unknown/John C. Benson Collection
Categories:  Passenger
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AMTK 8399 (Ex UP 4003)
Title:  AMTK 8399 (Ex UP 4003)
Description:  Amtrak cafeteria-diner 8399 was originally Union Pacific lunch counter-dining car 4003, one of four such cars (4000-4003) built under ACF Lot 3813 in 1955 with a 21-seat lunch counter and four 4-seat tables. In 1960 the 4001-4003 were remodeled with a cafeteria counter and a 16-seat lounge for service on the CITY OF ST. LOUIS. The 4001 was sold to the Alaska Railroad in 1971, while the 4002 and 4003 went to Amtrak in 1974 and were remodeled into cafeteria-diners 8398 and 8399. (approximate month)
Photo Date:  12/12/1975  Upload Date: 8/20/2011 8:50:34 PM
Location:  Stamford, CT
Author:  Henry Frick
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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