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Re: (erielack) Fire Damaged Cars
You know, I have heard this story about Diner 469 having fire damage several
times now. This is the first time I have heard it was painted for Amtrak -
does anyone have pictures?
The car was out in Boise, ID and now in Memphis, TN. It has an air date
from the mid-1990's and I have been told it was used on several (Norfolk)
Southern Steam excursions. I would really like to confirm or refute the
fire story once and for all.
Tim
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Mike Oravec <MOEL_@_paonline.com> wrote:
> I'll just throw this out to the list for any comments; maybe someone has
> some information. Thanks.
>
> Lackawanna 'Phoebe' coach 322 was the only one not relettered and
> renumbered into E-L. The car burned and was later stored in Susquehanna
> until it was hauled away in the 'Hospital Extra' of passenger equipment
> taken to Meadville for scrapping (10-03-64). Since E-L made it a priority
> to have the streamlined coaches relettered after the merger (completed by
> 5-61), 322 had to have been burned sometime within the first eight months.
> I'm wondering what happened to this car.
>
> Lackawanna Diner 469 (EL 769) eventually was sold to Amtrak where it was
> repainted, but never used. They discovered fire damage to the frame
> (although that never stopped EL from using the car). So what happened to
> cause the fire damage?
>
> One possibility might be the wreck of #E-5 at Galion (2-09-61), the train
> that hit the egg truck. Bottled gas from the derailed diner exploded (maybe
> that burned the underframe if it was 469/769). The car ahead of the diner
> could have been a coach (322?) A woman in that car was thrown through the
> window and fatally burned. In all 80 people were injured.
>
> Does anyone have the accident report for this wreck? (Would the report
> list specific car numbers?)
>
> Mike Oravec
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