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Owner: Amtrak
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
User Notes:   "Silver Solarium" ex-CB&Q 377

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AMTK 9252
Title:  AMTK 9252
Description:  Amtrak #9252 "Silver Solarium" was an ex-CB&Q dome-observation-lounge-sleeper (1 drawing room/3 double bedrooms) built in 1948 for the California Zephyr. Here it is carrying the markers for Amtrak's Lone Star at Joliet. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1974  Upload Date: 3/5/2009 9:45:37 AM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  1927   Comments: 2
CRI&P 271
Title:  CRI&P 271
Description:  As Amtrak's NB Lone Star discharges passengers in the background (with former CZ Obs Silver Solarium carrying the markers), a westbound Rock Island freight behind U28B 271 clunks across the diamonds. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1974  Upload Date: 3/5/2009 4:18:27 PM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  CRIP 271(U28B)
Views:  1039   Comments: 1
Amtrak #9252, Silver Solarium
Title:  Amtrak #9252, Silver Solarium
Description:  Arriving on rear of e/b train
Photo Date:  7/19/1976  Upload Date: 11/1/2020 1:36:23 PM
Location:  Chicago Union Station, IL
Author:  Gerard Putz
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  63   Comments: 0
AMTK 9252
Title:  AMTK 9252
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/3/2010  Upload Date: 8/11/2010 2:58:14 PM
Location:  Folkston, GA
Author:  Allan Williams Jr.
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  508   Comments: 0
#800481 SILVER RAPIDS & #800333 SILVER SOLARIUM
Title:  #800481 SILVER RAPIDS & #800333 SILVER SOLARIUM
Description:  SILVER RAPIDS and SILVER SOLARIUM on Amtrak train #28, the eastbound Portland section of the EMPIRE BUILDER. The SILVER RAPIDS has temporarily been renamed to SILVER SMITH.
Photo Date:  9/12/2016  Upload Date: 5/20/2019 3:55:28 AM
Location:  Cooks, WA
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  278   Comments: 0
#800481 SILVER RAPIDS & #800333 SILVER SOLARIUM
Title:  #800481 SILVER RAPIDS & #800333 SILVER SOLARIUM
Description:  SILVER RAPIDS and SILVER SOLARIUM on Amtrak train #28, the eastbound Portland section of the EMPIRE BUILDER. The SILVER RAPIDS has temporarily been renamed to SILVER SMITH.
Photo Date:  9/12/2016  Upload Date: 5/20/2019 3:55:24 AM
Location:  Cooks, WA
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  356   Comments: 0


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