AMTK 10020
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7/3/2012
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Spencer, NC
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G Gerard
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AMTK 10020 (Passenger Car)
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G Gerard
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Ted Brumberg
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Built in 1950 by Budd in Lot #9660-039 to Plan #9522 as UP 10RM-6DB sleeper PACIFIC BEND, 1 of 50 PACIFIC-series cars built in that Lot, which was ordered in February 1948, cars were delivered between December 1949 and June 1950. Besides PACIFIC EMPIRE, which was wrecked in 1951, the other 49 cars were assigned #14xx-series numbers in 1969, the PACIFIC BEND was assigned #1404, which was applied in August 1969. 5 cars were sold to the Milwaukee Road in 1969, 1 car was retained by UP, and the other 43 cars were sold to Amtrak in 1971 as #2600-#2642, PACIFIC BEND as #2603. Besides 3 which were wrecked during Amtrak's first decade, the remaining 40 cars were converted to HEP in 3 batches, the first 13 cars were converted in 1977-1978, including PACIFIC BEND, which was converted to HEP #2903 in June 1978. Between 1997 and 2000, Amtrak converted 14 of these 40 to crew dormitory-lounges, PACIFIC BEND was converted to dormitory #2504 in January 1998. #2504 was stored in 2007, and was rede
7/18/2014 8:57:02 PM
Ted Brumberg
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#2504 was stored in 2007, and was redesignated as company service #10020 (2nd) in 2008. In 2010, the name was temporarily changed from PACIFIC BEND to PACIFIC COMMAND (2nd) for use by Amtrak Police, and was changed back to PACIFIC BEND for use with Amtrak's exhibit train. For more info on the PACIFIC-series sleepers, see Don Strack's Utah Rails website: http://utahrails.net/pass/named-lightweight-sleepers.php#sleeper-pacific-bay Tom Madden's Pullman Project CCR database: http://pullmanproject.com/Database.htm and this thread: http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=36575
7/18/2014 8:58:12 PM
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