Amtrak Photo Archive
an unofficial Amtrak site

the E-9B
including heater cars, HEP cars made from E-9Bs

 

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  E9B  Location & Information  Date  Photo Credit
 1371   June 1972   from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 1456    June 1972  from the
collection of
Jim Hebner 
         
370  Los Angles CA  March 7, 1973  Mel Lawrence
372  Sacramento CA  March 20,1974  David Stanley
450  Chicago IL  June 1974  from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 451 California?  March 1976  R.H.Lehmuth
452  California?  November 1974  RH Lehmuth
452      from the
collection of
Jim Hebner 
453      from the
collection of
Jim Hebner 
 454       from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
455       from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 457       from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
461  Sacramento CA  March 16, 1974  Mel Lawrence
 462      from the
collection of
Jim Hebner 
464       from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 465       from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
467       from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
468 ex Union Pacific 970B
After Amtrak 468, it became 1919 then 669 -
sold to Alaska RR -
became their P7		  April 1974   from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
468  Chicago IL
became Steam Generator Car 669 in 1975		  May 24, 1974  Paul Hunnell
468  Paducah KY
With the plywood in the windows, this shot is probably just before conversion to a steam Generator car.
After 669 it was renumbered 1919		  August 7, 1975  JL Peffery
470       from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
  473  Chicago IL    
 474  Spokane WA  Feb 12, 1979  from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 475       from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
  .  400, 472, 475,476 converted to fuel tenders 1981?    

1916      from the
collection of
Jim Hebner 
1918       from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
1920      from the
collection of
Jim Hebner 
1921  Homewood IL  Feb 1976  RP Campbell
1921       from the
collection of
Jim Hebner

 

 

I have found some conflicting data about HEP and steam Generation cars - trying to clear it up

In October 1977 Amtrak 1910-1921 became 660-671, 1922-1926 became 672-676, the new 677- 684 former numbers are unknown - former 1291-1299 became 685-692 (1296 had already been scrapped)

 
 Information  Date  Photo Credit
 Sacramento CA January 27, 1980  Jack Black 
 660

 Los Angeles CA
Redondo Jct
former BN/GN G10
nee GN F3B 354B

 April 5, 1981  Timothy Dickinson
 Los Angeles CA
Redondo Jct		  April 5, 1981  Timothy Dickinson
 Willets CA  May 23, 2006  Jonathan Peiffer
 New Haven CT  March 28,1982   from the
collection of
Frank Szachacz
   New Haven CT
ex Amtrak 1911
ex Amtrak 11
ex BN/GN H-11
ex GN F-3B 434B
built1947-48		  March 28,1982   from the
collection of
Frank Szachacz
 Northeast PA
owned by the
Lakeshore Chapter NRHS
nee GN F-3B 432B		  June 25, 1988  Kevin DeGroff
 665
  New Haven CT  May 22, 1983  from the
collection of
Frank Szachacz
   New Haven CT  May 22, 1983  from the
collection of
Frank Szachacz
 666
  ex-Amtrak 1916, 463, 1463
ex Union Pacific 963B
rebuilt to Steam Generator Car in 1975		    
 Anchorage Alaska
666 was sold to Alaska RR - became their P6		  Sept 1999  M. McCullor
Portland OR  October 1978   Cliff West
  Portland OR  October 1978   Cliff West
 Built as UP 970B Became Amtrak 468, then 1919, later it was sold to Alaska RR - became their P7
October 1978 
 Cliff West
 

 ex-Amtrak 1920
ex-Amtrak 466
It was owned by the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum in Calera, Alabama and stored in Birmingham, Alabama near the Amtrak station. The unit was sold to Union Pacific and moved shortly after the photo was taken. UP, which numbered it 966B, bought the EB to add to their excursion set.

It was no longer a true E unit; Amtrak had rebuilt it as a heater car in 1975

 Jan 1995  Bryan Turner
  671

 rebuilt to Steam Generator Car in 1975
ex-Amtrak 1921, 467
ex-Union Pacific 967b

   

Head End Power cars built by St Louis Car in 1953 as Army Kitchen cars
Rebuilt into 1300 series Baggage cars in 1973
further rebuilt into 1290 series Head End Power Cars in 1975
renumbered into the 685-689series about 1979-80
 686  New Haven CT
ex-Amtrak 1292
ex Amtrak 1304
ex Army 89657		  March 28, 1982   from the
collection of
Frank Szachacz


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Most of the photos on this site are from original photos/slides or submissions. Some photos are from the web - I have tried to get permission to use on all of them, but a few may have slipped through. Please, let me know if that has happened.

 

 

This archive was first accessed August 1996
Updated May 13, 2007