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Amtrak Amfleet I Coach #82981
Schenectady, NY
 
December 17th, 2012
 
Empire Service #284
  
Phase VI
   
Digital Photo
 
Canon EOS 60D
 
Tamron (Canon) 17-50mm
f2.8 Zoom Lens
f4.5 @ 1/400th sec
ISO 400
The Budd Company
November 1976
Regional Coachclass
(Push-Pull)
48220, 20220
 
570-2560
 
Built as an Amdinette featuring 8 4-place booths, a snack bar, and 23 coach seats in November 1976 and numbered 20220. Trainline equipped for push-pull operation and converted to all tables on both ends with a snack bar in the middle in February 1988 and renumbered 48220. Converted to a coach using American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (Economic Stimulus) Funds in September 2011 and renumbered 82981. Car is now a Capstone car featuring 72 seats. Information about the history of this car provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com.