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Baggage-dormitory cars [ edit ]
Loch Arkaig , still in Amtrak livery, at the Southeastern Railway Museum .
Pacific Union , on the Amtrak roster 1971–1995, on an excursion in 2011.
Type
Built
Years of service
In service
Fleet numbers
Notes
Slumbercoaches
Budd Slumbercoach
1949
1971–1996
7
2050–2056
16 single rooms, 10 double rooms
Budd Slumbercoach
1956–1959
1971–2001
18
2080–2097
24 single rooms, eight double rooms
11-bedroom
Budd 11-bedroom
1952–1956
1971–1997
3
2220–2222
Ex-California Zephyr cars
Pullman-Standard Star series
1956
1971–2002
5
2230–2234
11 bedrooms
Pullman-Standard Placid series
1956
1971–1996
1
2235
Placid Scene
10-roomette 6-bedroom with accessible bedroom
Budd Pacific series
1949–1950
1971–2002
12
2430–2441
Budd 10-roomette 6-bedroom
1950
1971–2003
15
2442–2456
Ex-SP . Named Grove series by Amtrak
Budd Pine series
1950
1971–2001
4
2457–2460
Ex-ATSF .
Budd 10-roomette 6-bedroom
1952
1971–2003
7
2461–2467
Ex-California Zephyr cars
Budd 10-roomette 6-bedroom
1949
1971–1996
2
2475–2476
Ex-SAL
10-roomette 6-bedroom sleeper-dormitory cars
Various
1949–1950
1997–2008
25
2500–2524
Converted from Pine and Pacific series.
10-roomette 6-bedroom
Budd Pacific series
1949–1950
1971–2001
15
2880–2894
Several converted to sleeper-dorms.
Budd Pacific series
1950
1971–2001
13
2900–2941
Several converted to sleeper-dorms.
Budd Pine series
1949–1950
1971–1999
18
2980–2997
Ex-ATSF . Several converted to sleeper-dorms.
Type
Built
Years of service
Number
Fleet numbers
Notes
Cafeteria lounge
1953
1974–2005
6
3100–3105
Ex-U.S. Army ambulance cars built by St. Louis Car Company
Budd lunch counter diner
1948
1971–2001
7
3106–3112
Ex-ATSF
Budd lounge
1950
1971–1995
3
3113, 3114, 3117
Ex-SP
Budd parlor car
1951
1971–2002
5
3118–3122
Ex-PRR
Budd parlor car
1951
1971-2002
5
3123–3127
Ex-PRR. Rebuilt as galley lounges
Type
Built
Years of service
In service
Fleet numbers
Notes
Budd Great Dome
1955
1971–1999
3
9300–9302
Ex-GN /CBQ .
Pullman-Standard Super Dome
1956
1990–1995
3
9310–9312
Acquired from Tour Alaska.
Budd dome coaches
1954–1955
1971–1999
12
9400–9411
Budd Great Dome
1955
1997–present
2
10030–10031
Renumbered from 9300–9302. #10031, Ocean View , is active.
The Hi-Levels are a fleet of bilevel intercity railroad passenger cars built by the Budd Company for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in the 1950s and 1960s. Amtrak inherited much of the Santa Fe's Hi-Level fleet in 1971 and continued to use the equipment on its western routes. In 1979 the first Superliners , based on the Hi-Level concept though built by Pullman-Standard , began entering service. As of 2014 Amtrak continues to operate five Hi-Level lounges, which it calls the "Pacific Parlour Cars", on the Coast Starlight .
Type
Built
Years of service
In service
Fleet numbers
Notes
Budd Hi-Level
1956–1964
1971–2003
37
39900–39938
Coach-dormitories .
Budd Hi-Level
1956
1971-2007
21
39940–39964
Coaches.
Budd Hi-Level
1956
1971–present
6
39970-39975
Lounges. Five remain as "Pacific Parlour Cars".