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Owner: Auto Train
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
User Notes:   Full Dome, ex-AT&SF #511, Budd, 1954, to GWT/WTMC #800124 NENANA/SLRG #511 SCENIC VIEW

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SW #523 DONNER PASS
Title:  SW #523 DONNER PASS
Description:  RE-UPLOAD due to missing file. 79 seat dome lounge, leased from Dick Reynolds-Great Western Tours, ex-Auto Train Corporation, nee-AT&SF 103 seat dome lounge-chair-nurse #511, Budd, Lot #9646-129, 1954. Sold in 1986 to Alaska Rail Tours, placed in service in 1987 as #800124 NENANA, operation later became Holland America Westours, car was retired in 2007 and sold to Iowa Pacific as SLRG #511 SCENIC VIEW. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome 35mm slide.
Photo Date:  9/3/1983  Upload Date: 12/25/2024 11:43:00 PM
Location:  Klamath Falls, OR
Author:  Edward Egan
Categories:  Passenger
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SLRG 511 Nenana
Title:  SLRG 511 Nenana
Description:  Blt by Budd 1954 as ATSF 511
Photo Date:  5/28/2010  Upload Date: 5/30/2010 9:00:30 AM
Location:  Fountain, AL
Author:  G Gerard
Categories:  RollingStock
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#800124 SCENIC VIEW
Title:  #800124 SCENIC VIEW
Description:  Built in 1954 by Budd in Lot #9646-129 as AT&SF full dome #511, with 57 coach seats and 18 lounge seats in the dome; and a 28 seat lounge and nurse's room on the lower level. The #511 was 1 of 8 such full domes built in that Lot, which was ordered in September 1952; cars were delivered between January and March 1954. In 1971, these cars were not acquired by Amtrak, as Santa Fe's asking price was too high. Instead, 7 of the 8 cars were sold to the Auto Train Corporation as #520-#524 and #540-#541, #511 as #523, with 51 coach seats in the dome and a 28 seat club lounge in the lower level. AT&SF retained #506, which was renumbered in 1974 to #60, and is now BNSF #31 BAY VIEW. When the Auto Train Corp. folded, #523 was sold at auction to Dick Reynolds, one of the partners in Great Western Tours. The #523, with the name REDWOOD COAST, saw use on Sierra Western's NORTH COAST DAYLIGHT excursions on the NWP. In 1986, the #523 was sold to Holland America Westours, 1 of 10 ex-AT&SF full domes that were acquired for operation in Alaska. The car was outshopped in 1987 as #800124 NENANA. Westours sold the car in 2007 to Iowa Pacific as SLRG #511 SCENIC VIEW. For more info, see Phil Dohmen's website: http://www.trainweb.org/web_lurker/WebLurkersDOMEmain/. 1 of 3 Iowa Pacific cars parked at King Street Station. EXIF: 9:41 AM, f/3 @ 1/200, ISO-100
Photo Date:  8/14/2013  Upload Date: 10/16/2014 4:49:32 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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