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Hi-Level status (all car types)
AT&SF numbered the cars in the 5xx and 7xx series. Amtrak purchased the entire fleet and numbered them in the 9xxx series, and added a "3" prefix when cars received HEP upgrades
Virtualy all of the HEP rebuilds took place at the ATSF Topeka shops under contract, with the exception of 39900 and 39901 which were stored at Beech Grove and HEP rebuilt there. All of the cars initially released from Topeka during the 1980-81 HEP program retained their Santa Fe seats; however as time went by a number of the cars received newer "Superliner" type seats, usually following some form of wreck repair work.
Numbers below are: Amtrak HEP / Amtrak / AT&SF / current owner
TRANS-DORM NUMBER SERIES
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(no HEP)/9900/526 - ITAC to Les Kasten
(no HEP)/9901/527 - ITAC to Les Kasten
(no HEP)/9922/548 - (a) wrecked/ITAC to Les Kasten
39900/9941/701 - (x) Philip Sheridan/Ben Butterworth
39901/9943/703 - (x) John's Trains Inc/Dallas TX
39902/9902/528 - Philip Sheridan/Ben Butterworth (for parts)
39903/9903/529 - Dr Plancey Los Angeles CA to Bucol & Associates
39904/9904/530 - Bucol & Associates
39905/9905/531 - Philip Sheridan/Ben Butterworth
39906/9906/532 - Hobo RR Concord NH - noted for sale on Railswap 8/03
39907/9907/533 - Hobo RR Concord NH - noted for sale on Railswap 8/03
39908/9908/534 - (b) wrecked/scrapped
39909/9909/535 - Philip Sheridan/Ben Butterworth
39910/9910/536 - (c) wrecked/training
39911/9911/537 - Amer Assoc Railroaders St Louis
39912/9912/538 - (d) wrecked/ITAC to Les Kasten
39913/9913/539 - Philip Sheridan to Bucol & Associates
39914/9914/540 - Northern Sky Rail Charters/Dave Hoffman
39915/9915/541 - Tom McOwen/Cincinnati Ry Co to Nashville & Eastern
39916/9916/542 - Philip Sheridan to Bucol & Associates
39917/9917/543 - Tom McOwen/Cincinnati Ry Co to Nashville & Eastern
39918/9918/544 - John's Trains Inc/Dallas TX
39919/9919/545 - Pacific Railroad Society
39920/9920/546 - Philip Sheridan to King Publishing/Chuck Crisler - sold to John's Trains Inc/Dallas TX
39921/9921/547 - Amer Assoc Railroaders St Louis
39922 - no such number - see 9922
39923/9923/549 - Philip Sheridan/IFE Leasing
39924 - no such number - no 9924 - no 550
39925/9925/725 - (e)(z) wrecked/scrapped
39926/9926/726 - Northern Sky Rail Charters/Dave Hoffman (wrecked 4/85 Granby CO)
39927/9927/727 - Philip Sheridan/Ben Butterworth
39928/9928/728 - Philip Sheridan/Ben Butterworth
39929/9929/729 - Bucol & Associates
39930/9930/730 - Philip Sheridan to Bucol & Associates
39931/9931/731 - (z) Philip Sheridan to King Publishing/Chuck Crisler - sold to Jim Stephenson Houston TX. Listed for sale 2008.
39932/9932/732 - (z) Philip Sheridan/Ben Butterworth
39933/9933/733 - Jim Evenson/Heritage Rail Chicago IL
39934/9934/734 - (z) John's Trains Inc/Dallas TX
39935/9935/735 - Philip Sheridan/IFE Leasing - restored to ATSF configuration as "Mesa Verde" (800857). First hi-level with an Amtrak 40 year overhaul - retention toilets - sill work - trucks rebuilt - removing 'Amstuff' inside revealed original Santa Fe artwork.
39936/9936/736 - Philip Sheridan/IFE Leasing
39937/9951/711 - (f)(x) wrecked/scrapped
39938/9955/715 - (x) Northern Sky Rail Charters/Dave Hoffman
39939 - no such number
COACH NUMBER SERIES
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39940/9940/700 - (h) Amtrak service
39941 - no such number - see 39900
39942/9942/702 - Northern Sky Rail Charters/Dave Hoffman
39943 - no such number - see 39901
39944/9944/704 - (g) Heartland Flyer - lower level restroom fire - to Pete Messina - to Ben Butterworth
39945/9945/705 - Tom McOwen/Cincinnati Ry Co to Nashville & Eastern
39946/9946/706 - ITAC to Les Kasten
39947/9947/707 - John's Trains Inc/Dallas TX
39948/9948/708 - Tom McOwen/Cincinnati Ry Co to Nashville & Eastern
39949/9949/709 - John's Trains Inc/Dallas TX
39950/9950/710 - Philip Sheridan/Ben Butterworth
39951 - no such number - see 39937
39952/9952/712 - (h) Amtrak service
39953/9953/713 - (h) Amtrak - stored out of service
39954/9954/714 - Philip Sheridan/IFE Leasing
39955 - no such number - see 39938
39956/9956/716 - Philip Sheridan to Bucol & Associates
39957/9957/717 - (h) Amtrak service
39958/9958/718 - ITAC to Les Kasten
39959/9959/719 - Philip Sheridan/IFE Leasing
39960/9960/720 - Tom McOwen/Cincinnati Ry Co to Nashville & Eastern
39961/9961/721 - Philip Sheridan to Bucol & Associates
39962/9962/722 - Philip Sheridan/Ben Butterworth
39963/9963/723 - John's Trains Inc/Dallas TX
39964/9964/724 - Philip Sheridan to Bucol & Associates
LOUNGES - names added in 2008 refurb
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39970/9970/575 - Amtrak "Columbia Valley"
39971/9971/576 - Northern Sky Rail Charters/Dave Hoffman
39972/9972/577 - Amtrak "Napa Valley"
39973/9973/578 - Amtrak "Santa Lucia Highlands"
39974/9974/579 - Amtrak "Sonoma Valley"
39975/9975/580 - Amtrak "Willamette Valley"
DINERS
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39980/9980/650 - Philip Sheridan
39981/9981/651 - Tom McOwen/Cincinnati Ry Co to Nashville & Eastern
39982/9982/652 - Don Williams Atlanta GA - noted for sale on Railswap 8/03
39983/9983/653 - Philip Sheridan/IFE Leasing
39984/9984/654 - John's Trains Inc/Dallas TX
39985/9985/655 - Ben Butterworth
NOTES
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(a)9922 wrecked 10/02/79 Train#4 Lawrence KS. Train entered 35 mph curve at 80mph - car shot over a waist high retaining wall shearing off virtually everything below the floor line.
(b)39908 wrecked 9/22/93 Train#2 Saraland (Mobile) AL
(c)39910 wrecked 7/07/85 Train#8 Elmira ID. Sent to Texas A&M 1995 for fire training use.
(d)39912 wrecked 10/09/86 Train#8 Fall River WI
(e)39925 wrecked 10/95 Train#1 Hyder AZ
(f)39937 wrecked 3/15/84 Train#7 Bainville MT
(g)39944 burned 3/1/03 in New Orleans as train 59 was being serviced - probable cigarette in trash in lower restroom. Trucks to UP 7007 "Southern Hospitality"
(h) Amtrak pulled all coaches from service in 2007 and put them in storage.
(x)There were only 4 "straight" (72 seat) coaches rebuilt into "step down" transition dorm cars. These were 39900, 39901, 39937, and 39938. These four cars had a different floor plan, with 37 coach seats and 16 dorm rooms upstairs and downstairs. After rebuilding, the excess ATSF coach seats were installed in Amtrak coaches 4740-4742. All other rebuilds for "Trans-Dorms" were from the original "step down" cars built for the AT&SF. These cars had floor plans that varied slightly from one to another, with 34 to 40 coach seats and 16 to 18 crew rooms.
(z)Four 68 seat transition cars were rebuilt with 72 seats and hi-level pass-thrus at each end - 39925, 39931, 39932, 39934. (jhd) "Possibly"? this was done to replace the 4 coaches converted the other way?
OWNERSHIP RECAP
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Philip Sheridan/Ben Butterworth (10) 7t, 2c, 1d
Amtrak (9) 4c, 5l
Bucol & Associates (9) 6t, 3c
John's Trains (8) 4t, 3c, 1d
Les Kasten (6) 4t, 2c
Nashville & Eastern (6) 2t, 3c, 1d
Philip Sheridan (6) 3t, 2c, 1d
Dave Hoffman (5) 3t, 1c, 1l
Hobo Jct RR (2) 2t
Amer Assoc Railroaders St Louis (2) 2t
Ben Butterworth (2) 1c,1d
Pacific Railroad Society (1) 1t
Jim Evenson/Ben Butterworth/Heritage Rail (1) 1t
Don Williams (1) 1d
Jim Stephenson (1) 1t
scrapped (4) 4t
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