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Owner: Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
User Notes:   shown as AMTK 4871

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Santa Fe Coach 2859
Title:  Santa Fe Coach 2859
Description:  Taken during the late 1960s by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  1/1/1967  Upload Date: 9/17/2022 10:44:30 PM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  55   Comments: 0
AMTK 4871
Title:  AMTK 4871
Description:  The late afternoon winter sun reflects off of 48-seat coach 4871 as the northbound PANAMA LIMITED rolls out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The 4871 was built by Budd in 1953 as Santa Fe 2859, one of 45 cars (2816-2860) in Lot. No. 9613, and was unusal in that it still had its skirting. Forty-two of these went to Amtrak as the 4810-4828 and 4850-4872; and forty of these were upgraded into Heritage Fleet cars 4700-4739, but not in numerical order. The 4871 became the 4703 in 1980 and was rebuilt into baggage car 1708 in 1997.
Photo Date:  11/2/1974  Upload Date: 8/26/2011 9:02:26 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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AMTK 4871
Title:  AMTK 4871
Description:  Forty-eight seat coach 4871 was built by Budd in 1953 as Santa Fe 2859, one of 45 cars (2816-2860) in Lot. No. 9613. Forty-two of these went to Amtrak as the 4810-4828 and 4850-4872; and forty of these were upgraded into Heritage Fleet cars 4700-4739, but not in numerical order. The 4871 became the 4703 in 1980 and was rebuilt into baggage car 1708 in 1997. It was photographed on the PANAMA LIMITED.
Photo Date:  12/15/1974  Upload Date: 8/27/2011 9:26:02 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  520   Comments: 0
AMTK 4703
Title:  AMTK 4703
Description:  Amtrak Coach 4703 backing into Unionn Station at Polk Street in Chicago, Illinois on October 13, 1987, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 4701 was built by Budd in 1953 as AT&SF 2859, became AMTK 4871, was converted to HEP in January 1980 and renumbered 4703, converted to baggage car 1708 in February 1996.
Photo Date:  10/13/1987  Upload Date: 10/24/2014 12:36:52 PM
Location:  Chicago Union Station, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  679   Comments: 0


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