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VIA Rail Canada HEP-1 Coach #8142
Port Henry, NY
 
November 23rd, 2012
 
Adirondack #69
  
VIA
   
Digital Photo
 
Canon EOS 60D
  
Tamron (Canon) 17-50mm
f2.8 Zoom Lens
f7.1 @ 1/125th sec
ISO 100
The Budd Company
1946
 
Pennsylvania Railroad

 
Eagle Canyon Tours 5434
Amtrak 5434
Penn Central 4055
Pennsylvania 4055

 
563-2095
This car was originally built by Budd in 1946 for the Pennsylvania Railroad as a 62 seat coach and numbered 4055. The car was later operated by Penn Central (same number) and conveyed to Amtrak in 1971 and numbered 5434. Amtrak retired the car in April 1983 and the car was eventually sold to Eagle Canyon Tours who operated it until 1990. VIA eventually acquired and rebuilt the car into an HEP-1 Coach and numbered it 8142. Historical information about this car provided by www.passengercars.info and www.amtrakbythenumbers.com.