Nostalgia & History > The Lone Star at Cleburne,Tx -- Oct 76

(1) The Santa Fe Cleburne shops was still a busy place back in 1976 as the southbound Lone Star arrives at the station.

(2) Not to long after this day Amtrak removed one of the SDP40F units and the lounge car south of Ft. Worth.
I'm not sure about the baggage car but the rest were ex-ATSF cars.

(3) #8036 the diner was an old one.
Built in 1942 for the Santa Fe.

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gcm Wrote:
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> (3) #8036 the diner was an old one.
> Built in 1942 for the Santa Fe.

Yes, these were neat cars. Looks like the shades were drawn. Not a good sign when the shades are drawn on the sunny side of the car.

Track conditions were so uncharacteristically Santa Fe-bad in Texas in the 1970s.

Bob

All former Santa Fe passenger cars. Locos built for Amtrak.

Nice photos.

Operating crews on the old Amtrak Texas Chief were based out of Temple, TX (conductors, head brakemen, baggagemen only) and worked between Cleburne and Houston, TX. Tail end brakemen were based out of Galveston, TX and worked between Houston and Cleburne. Passenger enginemen were based out of Temple, TX and worked between Cleburne and Houston.

Were cars coming off the rear of the train for Dallas at this time?

At this point only a sleeper and high level coach were removed at FTW to go to Dallas. An E-unit operated to pull these two cars from FTW and Dallas Union Station via the MoPac, fomer T&P. Later, the lounge car and one of the two SDP40's were also removed at FTW, leaving only one locomotive and five cars FTW-HOU...Baggage, sleeper, diner, and two Hi-Levels.

Thank you for these marvelous posts and pictures. Great stuff on a beautiful Texas Day, no doubt warm, even in October!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/31/14 18:29 by railaddict.