Heritage Fleet
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Amtrak's Heritage Fleet consisted of the rolling stock provided to it when it assumed passenger service on commercial railroads. The name was applied to a 1977–1983 program that converted the older, m
Amtrak #8502, a former CB&Q diner, on the Silver Star in 2014
The interior of an Amtrak Pacific Parlour Car, a refurbished ex-Santa Fe Hi-Level lounge
Cars undergoing conversion in 1980
The first Broadway Limited with HEP-equipped cars in March 1980
Hi-Level
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The Hi-Level was a type of bilevel intercity railroad passenger car used in the United States. Car types included coaches, dining cars, and lounge cars; a sleeping car variant was considered but never
Heritage Fleet
…but 175 were overhauled elsewhere to speed the process. In a separate program, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway handled the conversion of the Hi-Levels in its Topeka, Kansas shops. On October 15, 1979, the Lake Shore Limited was the first Amtrak route to be permanently assigned HEP-equipped Heritage…
Hi-Level coaches on Amtrak's Southwest Limited at Albuquerque in 1974; the lounge is second from right.
The exterior of a Hi-Level lounge on the El Capitan soon after completion in 1956
The San Francisco Chief in 1971. The train had both Hi-Level and single-level cars.