Nostalgia & History > Amtrak 2800 series 10-5 sleepers

Hey guys,

I was just wanting to know if Amtrak used 2800 series 10-5 (not 10-6) heritage sleepers in phase 3 paint on any of its trains in the southeast during the 80/90's. Thanks in advance.

Chris

KV1guy Wrote:
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> Hey guys,
>
> I was just wanting to know if Amtrak used 2800
> series 10-5 (not 10-6) heritage sleepers in phase
> 3 paint on any of its trains in the southeast
> during the 80/90's. Thanks in advance.
>
> Chris

If you are referring to the cars where one roomette was converted to handicap space (ex-SP cars?) the answer is yes.

Try posting on the Amtrak board.

Bob

bnsfbob Wrote:
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> KV1guy Wrote:
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> -----
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I was just wanting to know if Amtrak used
> 2800
> > series 10-5 (not 10-6) heritage sleepers in
> phase
> > 3 paint on any of its trains in the southeast
> > during the 80/90's. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Chris
>
> If you are referring to the cars where one
> roomette was converted to handicap space (ex-SP
> cars?) the answer is yes.
>
> Try posting on the Amtrak board.
>
> Bob

If you actually mean 10-5 Pullman, which were mostly pre-war, I doubt if any aquired an Amtrak scheme at all. Most of those cars were gone by 1970.

Amtrak got some of the ATSF Blues but just for parts
none were ever put back in service

The ATSF "Blue"s were 10-3-2s. The ATSF only had two 10-5s; Cascade Mills and Cascade Shoals. They were moved to dorm.service and scrapped by the ATSF. My AMTK roster does that all 2800 series were 10Rmt-6DrBrm. wag216

The_Chief_Way Wrote:
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> Amtrak got some of the ATSF Blues but just for
> parts
> none were ever put back in service


Blue series cars were in service on Amtrak until the late 1970s. The compartments were sold as bedrooms.

Bob

As previously mentioned the 10-5 sleepers weren't used, however Amtrak did use the exUP 11 bedroom sleepers in Auto Train service prior to the Superliners in 1994.