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News Wire: Houston railroad club acquires Amtrak / SP diner

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Posted by Brian Schmidt on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 10:46 AM

HOUSTON/TOMBALL, TEXAS — The Houston-based Gulf Coast Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, Inc. is acquiring a historic railroad dining car with Houston connections. The dining car, now known as Amtrak No. 8527, was built in 19...

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/04/30-houston-railroad-club-acquires-amtrak--sp-diner

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Posted by conrailman on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 12:02 PM

Trains needs too do a Story on all of Amtrak sold cars from Nov.2018 and Jan.2019 sales. Where did all 139 cars sold too, who and where??

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Posted by BaltACD on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 4:00 PM

You have a Auction in November and the successful bidders aren't notified until FIVE MONTHS later.  The efficiency of Amtak's autcion process is simply amazing. [/sarcasm]

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Posted by conrailman on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 11:23 PM

Amtrak should not be that slow with these car sales?? Who got what and where did cars go too.My 2 Cents

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