Gentlemen,
Thanks for the encouragement! I will check this out every week or so. Do not claim to be perfect or all knowing, and may be off on dates a bit sometime, and do appreciate being corrected.
Regards 8400 and future service. Keep these facts in mind.
1. They have spent some $2-3 million on the car since 2011.
2. Yes, the shell was built by Budd back about 1983 along with 2300 and 2301, taken to Beech Gove, and completed 1987-1988 and put in test service. So, the car is 28-33 years old, but
3. The 8400 was used in regular service, with some down time, until stored in 2002. (The car was a prototype, which tested many unique items. The major "problem" with the car was it's unique a/c system (and with all those windows you sure need good a/c!). That and other issues had turned 8400 into a chronic "hangar queen", to use an aviation term. So, until then the car had 14 years of service, plus 3-4 since revival, total years of service (wear and tear) is only 18 years max.
4. As of early 2016 there were still some 5 ex-CB&Q/CZ and ex-NYC diners built in 1948 in active service. So, at best a Budd will last 68 years, 58 years at worst (1957 built NP diners). That means 8400 should have another 40-50 years of service!
Walter
Thanks for the encouragement! I will check this out every week or so. Do not claim to be perfect or all knowing, and may be off on dates a bit sometime, and do appreciate being corrected.
Regards 8400 and future service. Keep these facts in mind.
1. They have spent some $2-3 million on the car since 2011.
2. Yes, the shell was built by Budd back about 1983 along with 2300 and 2301, taken to Beech Gove, and completed 1987-1988 and put in test service. So, the car is 28-33 years old, but
3. The 8400 was used in regular service, with some down time, until stored in 2002. (The car was a prototype, which tested many unique items. The major "problem" with the car was it's unique a/c system (and with all those windows you sure need good a/c!). That and other issues had turned 8400 into a chronic "hangar queen", to use an aviation term. So, until then the car had 14 years of service, plus 3-4 since revival, total years of service (wear and tear) is only 18 years max.
4. As of early 2016 there were still some 5 ex-CB&Q/CZ and ex-NYC diners built in 1948 in active service. So, at best a Budd will last 68 years, 58 years at worst (1957 built NP diners). That means 8400 should have another 40-50 years of service!
Walter
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