What type of car is this?

[Cal]

The last car on the consist appears to be a coach at first sight, but it has a part of it's upper windows blocked out as if it's a diner. Does anyone know what it is?

 

[joelkfla]

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The last car on the consist appears to be a coach at first sight, but it has a part of it's upper windows blocked out as if it's a diner. Does anyone know what it is?

Car #33104 - AutoTrain Lounge

Apparently whoever was running the camera was also curious -- he zoomed in on the car number later in the video.



And apparently whatever problem was sending it to the shop reared it's ugly head, as the train sat at Elkhart for half an hour and workers were looking under the rear of that car with flashlights, under the supervision of the conductor.

 

[Cal]

Car #33104 - AutoTrain Lounge

Weird. Was it originally a diner? What's on the downstairs level?

 

[joelkfla]

Weird. Was it originally a diner? What's on the downstairs level?

Yes, info on the web says there are 5 of them and they were converted from diners.

Amtrak Superliner I - CPTDB Wiki

cptdb.ca

I don't know anything about the interior layout.

 

[OBS]

Yes, info on the web says there are 5 of them and they were converted from diners.

Amtrak Superliner I - CPTDB Wiki

cptdb.ca

I don't know anything about the interior layout.

I doubt they did anything with downstairs....

 

[Paniolo Man]

If I recall correctly the two red lights on the back went out so they had to wait for a FRED to be attached.

 

[Cal]

I doubt they did anything with downstairs....

I think they did, as there’s now windows downstairs.

 

[joelkfla]

If I recall correctly the two red lights on the back went out so they had to wait for a FRED to be attached.

There was some discussion about that on the VR chat. Why would they be looking under the car with flashlights? Is that where they tap into the power?

 

[OBS]

I think they did, as there’s now windows downstairs.

Good observation!