Nostalgia & History > Beech Grove Tour - 1976

About 1975-77 I took a tour of Beech Grove.  Walter Barrick was the general manager with 700 employees.  They gave each of us a booklet about the facility.  I am reproducing the eight pages for TO.  

I do not know the changes in 50 years to the facility.  It says they were  producing six cars per week.  

I hope some of you on TO can add to this tour.  

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Pages 4-6

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There you have it.  

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Thank You for sharing this. As a note of interest, at that time, 1976,
cars to/from Beech Grove were deadheaded on 30 & 31, National Limited.

I made the tour in December 1975.  Thanks for saving this booklet.  If I got one I did not hold on to it. 

Here are some photos from that tour:
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,4743917,4743932#4743932
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,4743291,4743291#4743291
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,4742796,4742796#4742796
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,4743146,4743146#4743146

 As I recall I was in the second batch of Amtrak Mechanical employees to take the tour.  It was also a "train-rider" school for traveling electricians.  When we got to the HVAC lesson, somebody asked about what to do with steam ejector ACs.  Long story short, I ended up teaching the group about them and how to fix them on the road.  i realized then that Beach Grove would probably refuse to repair or rebuild one.  



Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 09/05/24 16:47 by Hou74-76.

Yes, thanks for posting.  This is good, historical info.

Now, you need to post ALL the pictures you took during the tour : )

Interesting post, thanks for sharing. A friend and I who worked for Amtrak at the time, were able to get permission to go into Beach Grove Shops in 1978 where we made our own "tour" on a weekend day, but only the outside stuff. Haven't' scanned those slides yet.