| Amtrak 8503, once named SILVER CHEF, at the wheel shop around 17th Street in Chicago, Illinois on July 26, 1983, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 8503 was built by Budd on Job 9624-169, ordered in February 1955, delivered in October 1956. The Budd Job was for two diners for the CB&Q's Denver Zephyr, number 201, named the SILVER CHEF, and number 202, named the SILVER TUREEN. Number 201 became AMTK 8054, and was converted to HEP in December 1979 and renumbered 8503. It was wrecked at Batavia, New York in August 1994. The report of the accident is at this address: https://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reports/1996/RAR9602.pdf |