page_title: Heritage Fleet
hierarchical_section_title: Heritage Fleet
caption_attribution_description: English: A heritage fleet diner on a Lake Shore Limited train at Buffalo-Depew station in 2004. This car was originally New York Central #452, part of a set of 17 grill-diners built by the Budd Company in 1947.
context_page_description: 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 program begun in 1977 to convert the older, mainly streamlined, cars from steam heating to head-end power. Head end power conversions were performed at Amtrak's Beech Grove Shops, outside of Indianapolis. The program was completed by the mid-1980s, and the fleet was fully retired by 2019. The last car was a former Great Northern Railway full-length dome car, which was manufactured in 1955 and retired in 2019 by Amtrak, due to the age and expense of maintaining the Great Dome Car.
context_section_description: 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 program begun in 1977 to convert the older, mainly streamlined, cars from steam heating to head-end power. Head end power conversions were performed at Amtrak's Beech Grove Shops, outside of Indianapolis. The program was completed by the mid-1980s, and the fleet was fully retired by 2019. The last car was a former Great Northern Railway full-length dome car, which was manufactured in 1955 and retired in 2019 by Amtrak, due to the age and expense of maintaining the Great Dome Car.
caption: Amtrak #8553, a former New York Central diner, on a Lake Shore Limited consist in 2004
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