| Amtrak Baggage 1129 at Polk Street in Chicago, Illinois on October 12, 1987, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The book, Amtrak By The Numbers, lists number 1129 in the Steam Heated section of the book as built by ACF between 1946 and 1947 as NYC 9127, previous number was AMTK 1224, retired in July 1981. In the HEP section of the book number 1129 is listed as as former AMTK 1111, ex-NP 401. The following is from information compiled by Michael M. Palmieri: There were apparently two AMTK 1129's, the pictured car being second 1129. Second 1129 was built by Pullman-Standard in 1947 for the NP as water baggage car 401. Number 401 became AMTK 1201, then AMTK 1111, then AMTK 1129 after conversion to HEP. I was confused at first, so I sent a message to David Warner, one of the authors of the book, and he replied: Amtrak had two 1129's, one Steam Heated and one HEP. Since the the 1129 you photographed was taken during the HEP era, we structured the book to assume folks would look in the HEP section first. If you do that, on page 172, you'll find the 1129, and its non-HEP number, 1111. That takes you back to page 112 (Steam-Heated baggage cars) of our book, and there the earlier history of the car is contained, which, as you claim, is shown as the 1111. it was the former NP 401, built by PS in 1947. |