Passenger Trains > Navy Inspection Car

PV PPCX 800188, Navy Inspection Car 118 is on the back of Amtrak P-371-23, rumored to be headed via Capitol Limited to Washington DC...

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Is that car capable of navigating high water?

Major Bob

Any link to handy info about that car and where it roamed for Navy(e,g, west coast)?

Steve Donaldson
Pacific Grove, CA

Result of a Google advanced search:

Re: Navy 118 (PV)
by jhdeasy » Sun Mar 01, 2009 9:55 pm

The heavyweight business car in question is a former Union Pacific office car, built by Pullman in 1914, certified for mainline operation on Amtrak & Via Rail Canada. PPCX 800188. It is owned by a retired US Navy Chief Petty Officer and his wife. From time to time, they provide the use of their private car to support Navy or Navy-related events.

OCV

I wonder if they find a lot of lint in that car from inspecting navels.

They have it for student engineers who pis their air away When they can't stop the Navy throws out an anchor.

Nice car, wonder what the USN does with it?


Nudge

Could use it to go to football games...

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA

You guys crack me up!! Especially the "navel lint" comment.

So does this car go to the 'Orange Bowl' every year?

But does it carry torpedoes?

Suprised the FRA/Amtrak would allow it, because the markers on the rear can't be both red due to naval regs. The rear marker on the right-hand side is green and the left-hand marker is red.

-Eric

They just switch them and back up.

Nudge

It's 'Navy blue', preventing it from going to Orange Bowl....!

Someone oughta write a script for "NCIS" involving this car.