Re: RDCs on WES
Author: Tom McCann
Date: 10-30-2009 - 10:19
Reader is correct about the Oregon Live URL. My bad...
I did some more research at J.M. Laboda's passenger car photo index site in Trainweb and found that the two Alaska RR cars heading south to Oregon are #702 (RDC-3) and the one shown in the Oregon Live photo, RDC-2 #711.
The 702 was built as New York, New Haven & Hartford #129. It became Penn Central #96 and was later acquired by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) as #9170 for use on the agency's former Reading Co. non-electrified routes.
The 711 was built as the New Haven's #122. It became Penn Central #121 and was acquired by Amtrak as #36.
TriMet is paying $150,000 ($75,000 each) for the two cars.