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Owner: AAPRCO Register Private Cars
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
User Notes:   THE OBSERVATORY, dome sleeper diner lounge, ex-AMTK #9406, exx-#9485, nee-CB&Q #558, dome 46 seat chair, NORTH COAST LIMITED, Budd, 1954
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AMTK 9406
Title:  AMTK 9406
Description:  Amtrak Coach 9406 at 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois on September 27, 1986, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 9406 was built by Budd in 1954 as CB&Q number 558, part of the Burlington's contribution to the North Coast Limited. It became AMTK 9485, was converted to HEP in June 1983 and renumbered AMTK 9406, sold in April 1995 to Rail Adventures, Inc., named THE OBSERVATORY and assigned number 800290.
Photo Date:  9/27/1986  Upload Date: 1/9/2015 12:38:59 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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PPCX 800290 “The Observatory” and PPCX 800043 "Chapel Hill"
Title:  PPCX 800290 “The Observatory” and PPCX 800043 "Chapel Hill"
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2002  Upload Date: 4/29/2022 10:01:12 PM
Location:  Cumberland, MD
Author:  David Olsen
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  138   Comments: 0
PPCX 80029
Title:  PPCX 80029
Description:  Beautifully restored
Photo Date:  8/26/2005  Upload Date: 8/28/2005 7:01:52 AM
Location:  Washington Court Hou, OH
Author:  Scott Flynn
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  1230   Comments: 1
2 PV's on 5(14)
Title:  2 PV's on 5(14)
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/14/2006  Upload Date: 4/15/2006 12:43:43 AM
Location:  Clarendon Hills, IL
Author:  John J. Poshepny
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  696   Comments: 0
CB&Q North Coast Limited Vista Dome
Title:  CB&Q North Coast Limited Vista Dome
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/2007  Upload Date: 5/11/2007 9:57:49 AM
Location:  Ludlow, KY
Author:  Bryan Oliver
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  526   Comments: 0
VISTA DOME
Title:  VISTA DOME
Description:  the northern arrow backs around the high wye in durand.
Photo Date:  8/8/2007  Upload Date: 8/8/2007 11:47:26 PM
Location:  Durand, MI
Author:  Steven McKay
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  738   Comments: 0
PPCX 800290
Title:  PPCX 800290
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2007  Upload Date: 9/16/2007 7:27:22 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Ryan Kertis
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  506   Comments: 0
Domes In Durham
Title:  Domes In Durham
Description:  Well here is the surprise that I found in Durham. While PO80 was getting closer to me after taking the first shot, I notice somrthing strange bringing up the rear of the Carolinian. As it got closer I notice a dome peeking up over the rest of the Amfleet coach's. And what should appear, but a Northen Pacific Budd dome car!, but lettered for the CB&Q
Photo Date:  6/7/2008  Upload Date: 6/10/2008 9:42:10 AM
Location:  Durham, NC
Author:  Robert Richardson
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  816   Comments: 1
"Observatory"
Title:  "Observatory"
Description:  Cincinnati Southern inspection train
Photo Date:  7/25/2008  Upload Date: 8/1/2008 9:33:46 PM
Location:  Oakdale, TN
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  562   Comments: 0
PPCX 800290 NP Dome
Title:  PPCX 800290 NP Dome
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/25/2008  Upload Date: 7/25/2008 10:29:43 AM
Location:  Ludlow, KY
Author:  Bryan Oliver
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  532   Comments: 1
Private Varnish
Title:  Private Varnish
Description:  NP Observatory, L&N Oliver Hazard Pery, and C&O Chapel Hill in NS Gest Yard
Photo Date:  7/27/2008  Upload Date: 8/5/2008 7:21:27 AM
Location:  Cincinnati, OH
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  365   Comments: 0
PPCX 800290/NS 952
Title:  PPCX 800290/NS 952
Description:  Northern Pacific "Vista-Dome" (PPCX) Dome Car 800290 on 952 North.
Photo Date:  7/27/2008  Upload Date: 7/27/2008 10:54:02 PM
Location:  Burnside, KY
Author:  John Owens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  528   Comments: 1
Observatory
Title:  Observatory
Description:  North Coast Limited
Photo Date:  10/30/2009  Upload Date: 5/24/2011 9:46:10 PM
Location:  Charlottesville, VA
Author:  jonathan hinely
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  488   Comments: 0
Northen Pacific Observatory on NS-044
Title:  Northen Pacific Observatory on NS-044
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2009  Upload Date: 11/10/2009 11:56:56 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Jonathon Russell
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  603   Comments: 1
Observatory
Title:  Observatory
Description:  The NP Dome Sleeper was part of the train
Photo Date:  10/31/2010  Upload Date: 5/13/2011 5:06:59 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  jonathan hinely
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  300   Comments: 0
Northern Pacific
Title:  Northern Pacific
Description:  A dome sleeper
Photo Date:  10/31/2010  Upload Date: 5/13/2011 8:13:09 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  jonathan hinely
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  284   Comments: 0
From the dome
Title:  From the dome
Description:  NP dome Sleeper
Photo Date:  10/31/2010  Upload Date: 5/13/2011 8:26:33 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  jonathan hinely
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  284   Comments: 0
PPCX 800290
Title:  PPCX 800290
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/2011  Upload Date: 7/25/2011 4:42:01 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  340   Comments: 0
PPCX 800290
Title:  PPCX 800290
Description:  Observatory
Photo Date:  6/19/2012  Upload Date: 12/8/2012 1:16:40 AM
Location:  Winona, MN
Author:  Shane Darst
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Action
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Views:  299   Comments: 0
120828009 Amtrak 8 Arrives At Midway Depot With Private Cars On Rear
Title:  120828009 Amtrak 8 Arrives At Midway Depot With Private Cars On Rear
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2012  Upload Date: 1/22/2013 12:56:02 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  779   Comments: 0
120828011 Amtrak 8 Arrives At Midway Depot With Private Cars On Rear
Title:  120828011 Amtrak 8 Arrives At Midway Depot With Private Cars On Rear
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2012  Upload Date: 1/22/2013 12:56:29 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  711   Comments: 0
120828015 MNNR 40 Switches St. Paul Coach Onto Amtrak 8 With Private Cars On Rear
Title:  120828015 MNNR 40 Switches St. Paul Coach Onto Amtrak 8 With Private Cars On Rear
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2012  Upload Date: 1/22/2013 12:57:05 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 40(B23-7)
Views:  750   Comments: 0
120828023 PPCX 800290/CB&Q 558
Title:  120828023 PPCX 800290/CB&Q 558
Description:  Seen on Amtrak 8 at Midway Depot.
Photo Date:  8/28/2012  Upload Date: 1/23/2013 7:10:00 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  896   Comments: 1
120828025 PPCX 800290/CB&Q 558
Title:  120828025 PPCX 800290/CB&Q 558
Description:  Seen on Amtrak 8 at Midway Depot.
Photo Date:  8/28/2012  Upload Date: 1/23/2013 7:10:17 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  717   Comments: 0
120828030 PPCX 800290/CB&Q 558
Title:  120828030 PPCX 800290/CB&Q 558
Description:  Detail view of truck. Seen on Amtrak 8 at Midway Depot.
Photo Date:  8/28/2012  Upload Date: 1/23/2013 7:10:34 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  542   Comments: 0
120828043 Amtrak 8 With Private Cars On Rear Rolls Along On Main 1, About To Cross To Main 2
Title:  120828043 Amtrak 8 With Private Cars On Rear Rolls Along On Main 1, About To Cross To Main 2
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2012  Upload Date: 1/22/2013 12:58:17 PM
Location:  Newport, MN
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  650   Comments: 0
120828044 Amtrak 8 With Private Cars On Rear Rolls Along On Main 1, Crossing To Main 2
Title:  120828044 Amtrak 8 With Private Cars On Rear Rolls Along On Main 1, Crossing To Main 2
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2012  Upload Date: 1/22/2013 12:58:37 PM
Location:  Newport, MN
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  619   Comments: 0
120828046 Amtrak 8 With Private Cars On Rear Crossing From Main 1 To Main 2
Title:  120828046 Amtrak 8 With Private Cars On Rear Crossing From Main 1 To Main 2
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2012  Upload Date: 1/22/2013 12:59:01 PM
Location:  Newport, MN
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  560   Comments: 0
120828050 PPCX 800290/CB&Q 558
Title:  120828050 PPCX 800290/CB&Q 558
Description:  Seen on Amtrak 8.
Photo Date:  8/28/2012  Upload Date: 1/23/2013 7:10:52 PM
Location:  Newport, MN
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  446   Comments: 0
PPCX 800290
Title:  PPCX 800290
Description:  "Observatory"
Photo Date:  10/16/2012  Upload Date: 10/18/2012 12:34:57 PM
Location:  Huntington, WV
Author:  Ethan Peake
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
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Views:  326   Comments: 0
SLRG #511
Title:  SLRG #511
Description:  You can't go wrong with fallen flag colors.
Photo Date:  5/12/2013  Upload Date: 3/7/2014 10:31:47 PM
Location:  Bellevue, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  324   Comments: 0
PPCX 800290
Title:  PPCX 800290
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/25/2013  Upload Date: 6/2/2013 7:24:28 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Brett Jones
Categories: 
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Views:  281   Comments: 0
#800290 THE OBSERVATORY
Title:  #800290 THE OBSERVATORY
Description:  Built in 1954 by Budd in Lot #9646-141 as CB&Q dome 46 seat chair #558, 1 of 10 such cars built in that Lot, which was ordered in March 1953 for the NORTH COAST LIMITED; cars were delivered between June and August 1954. NP owned 7 (#550-#556), CB&Q owned 2 (#557-#558), and SP&S owned 1 (#559). These 10 cars were intended to be renumbered as BN #4617-#4626, but these numbers were not applied. Sold in 1971 to Amtrak as #9477-#9486. In 1983, Amtrak converted 9 of these 10 cars to HEP #9400-#9408, #9485 was converted to HEP #9406 in June 1983. Retired and sold in 1995 to Tom McOwen's Cincinnati Railway Company. Leased between 1998 and 2000 to Grand Canyon RY as #2097 KOKOPELLI (1st), then qeconfigured to dome 3DB sleeper diner lounge and renamed THE OBSERVATORY. For more info, see Phil Dohmen's website: http://www.trainweb.org/railnewspb/Q/ and http://trai`web.org/web_lurker/NP/ 1 of 28 private cars that arrived in Seattle over several days for the 2013 AAPRCO convention train to Napa, CA. EXIF: 4:08 PM, f/3 @ 1/500, ISO-100
Photo Date:  9/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 2:56:21 AM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  868   Comments: 0
Observatory
Title:  Observatory
Description:  PPCX 800290, CB&Q 558-Northern Pacific North Coast Limited
Photo Date:  9/26/2013  Upload Date: 10/1/2013 1:55:59 PM
Location:  Kiona, WA
Author:  Richard Olson
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  319   Comments: 0
PPCX 800290
Title:  PPCX 800290
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/2013  Upload Date: 10/1/2013 2:50:45 PM
Location:  Pasco, WA
Author:  Richard Olson
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  379   Comments: 0
PPCX 800290 "Observatory"
Title:  PPCX 800290 "Observatory"
Description:  PPCX 800290, the ex-Northern Pacific "Observatory", in the consist of Amtrak 941, the Oakland-bound piece of the AAPRCO Special.
Photo Date:  10/4/2013  Upload Date: 10/7/2013 12:38:32 AM
Location:  Martinez, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Action
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Views:  264   Comments: 0
PPCX 800290 "Observatory"
Title:  PPCX 800290 "Observatory"
Description:  PPCX 800290, the ex-Northern Pacific "Observatory", in the consist of Amtrak 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, in Colfax, CA.
Photo Date:  10/5/2013  Upload Date: 10/10/2013 10:35:33 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
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Views:  250   Comments: 0
PPCX 800290 "Observatory"
Title:  PPCX 800290 "Observatory"
Description:  PPCX 800290, the ex-Northern Pacific "Observatory", in the consist of Amtrak 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, in Colfax, CA.
Photo Date:  10/5/2013  Upload Date: 10/10/2013 10:54:08 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  80   Comments: 0
PPCX 800290 "Observatory"
Title:  PPCX 800290 "Observatory"
Description:  PPCX 800290, the ex-Northern Pacific "Observatory", in the consist of Amtrak 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, in Colfax, CA.
Photo Date:  10/5/2013  Upload Date: 10/10/2013 11:12:49 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  146   Comments: 0
PPCX 800290 "Observatory"
Title:  PPCX 800290 "Observatory"
Description:  PPCX 800290, the ex-Northern Pacific "Observatory", in the consist of Amtrak 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, in Colfax, CA.
Photo Date:  10/5/2013  Upload Date: 10/15/2013 2:04:35 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  128   Comments: 0
MRLX 800800 "SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY"
Title:  MRLX 800800 "SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY"
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/19/2013  Upload Date: 2/16/2017 10:43:31 AM
Location:  Hinton, WV
Author:  Ethan Peake
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Station,Passenger
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Views:  312   Comments: 0
MRLX 800800 "SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY"
Title:  MRLX 800800 "SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY"
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/19/2013  Upload Date: 2/16/2017 10:44:02 AM
Location:  Hinton, WV
Author:  Ethan Peake
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Station,Passenger
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Views:  238   Comments: 0
PPCX 800290
Title:  PPCX 800290
Description:  "Observatory" at Hinton, WV
Photo Date:  10/19/2013  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:23:08 PM
Location:  Hinton, WV
Author:  Ethan Peake
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Track,Action
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Views:  324   Comments: 0
CBQ 558
Title:  CBQ 558
Description:  800290 PPCX or RPCX or other?
Photo Date:  10/20/2013  Upload Date: 11/28/2013 3:01:41 PM
Location:  Hinton, WV
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
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Views:  594   Comments: 0
PPCX 800290
Title:  PPCX 800290
Description:  PPCX 800290 "Observatory" ex-NP dome #558 on the Pine Tree Limited, Depew, NY. For more pics & videos from my collection see my website at http://northamericabyrail.info
Photo Date:  9/19/2014  Upload Date: 9/21/2014 1:36:05 PM
Location:  Buffalo (Bison Yard), NY
Author:  Hiawatha Pete
Categories:  RollingStock,Bridge,Passenger,Action
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Views:  251   Comments: 0
Ex Northern Pacific dome
Title:  Ex Northern Pacific dome
Description:  In the consist of The Pine Tree Limited.
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 11/24/2014 7:05:01 PM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  145   Comments: 0
Former NP dome
Title:  Former NP dome
Description:  In the consist of the AAPRCO special passing through CPF-BY (Bleachery).
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 11/24/2014 7:16:18 PM
Location:  Lowell, MA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Passenger,Track,Action
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Views:  634   Comments: 0
PPCX 800290
Title:  PPCX 800290
Description:  Seen on the AAPRCO train as it backs into Yard 8.
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 3/12/2019 11:27:48 PM
Location:  Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  59   Comments: 0

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