TrainPages: Amtrak’s Pinch Hitters: Part 2

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Amtrak’s Pinch Hitters: Part 2

I originally posted this on my old website on March 26, 2009.

…Continued from Part 1.

Amfleet I & Horizon Cars Substituting for the Cascades Talgos

Temporary Amtrak Cascades train at Union Station in Portland, Oregon on August 19, 2007

From August to October 2007, the Talgo trainsets assigned to the Cascades were taken out of service for emergency maintenance. During that time, trains consisting of Amtrak Amfleet I and Horizon Cars were used in their place. Three trains of five cars each were used between Portland & Seattle, with one of the three trains continuing south to Eugene. In addition, an additional two-car train was used between Portland and Eugene. The cars in the 5-car trains were labeled "CAR 1" to "CAR 5." The cars in the 2-car train were not labeled. Most of the cars were Amfleet I Coaches in the 82000-series plus #44706 and Cafe Cars #43363 and #48192. These cars were built by the Budd Company between 1975 and 1978. There were also a few Horizon cars: Food Service Cars #58106 & #58108, plus Coach #54532 which temporarily replaced Amfleet I Coach #82570, which deadheaded back to Seattle on September 8. The Horizon cars were built by Bombardier in 1989. The car consists are listed below; locomotives and NPCUs varied.

Two-Car Train

Amfleet I Café #43363

Amfleet I Coach #82621

Five-Car Train

CAR 1

Amfleet I Coach #82999

CAR 2

Amfleet I Coach #82503

CAR 3

Amfleet I Café #48192

CAR 4

Amfleet I Coach #82609

CAR 5

Amfleet I Coach #82664

Five-Car Train

CAR 1

Amfleet I Coach #82510

CAR 2

Amfleet I Coach #82580

CAR 3

Horizon Café #58106

CAR 4

Amfleet I Coach #82530

CAR 5

Amfleet I Coach #82630

Five-Car Train

CAR 1

Amfleet I Coach #82570

CAR 2

Amfleet I Coach #82560

CAR 3

Horizon Café #58108

CAR 4

Amfleet I Coach #44706

CAR 5

Amfleet I Coach #82540

Amfleet I Coach #82570 was briefly replaced by Horizon Coach #54532.

Horizon Coach #54532 at Salem, Oregon on September 8, 2007

The following pictures show Amtrak Cascades F59PHI locomotives and Non-Powered Cab Units in Cascades service with Amfleet I cars instead of the Talgo trainsets.

NPCU #90253 in Salem, Oregon on August 15, 2007

F59PHI #465 in Portland, Oregon on August 19, 2007

F59PHI #469 in Portland, Oregon on August 19, 2007

NPCU #90340 in Portland, Oregon on August 19, 2007

F59PHI #469 in Kalama, Washington on August 25, 2007

NPCU #90340 in Kalama, Washington on August 25, 2007

NPCU #90230 in Kelso, Washington on August 25, 2007

NPCU #90253 in Salem, Oregon on September 8, 2007

Substitute Locomotives with Amfleet I & Horizon cars in Cascades Service

During the time when the Talgo trainsets were out of service and the Amfleet and Horizon cars were filling in, there were a number of instances where non-Cascades locomotives filled in as well.

B32-8WH #507 in Salem, Oregon on August 15, 2007