Reply to "Trains, Trolleys, and Diners: The real story"

This and a post to follow feature re-purposed rail cars found in Houston, Texas -- a total of four cars so far in one city. With one exception, I haven't yet identified their prior lives; perhaps some of you can help? Photos are from various web sources.

Goode Seafood, 2621 Westpark Drive, Houston, TX

This seafood restaurant is one of several owned by the Goode Company, but the only one with a rail car dining room. The rail car has Amtrak Phase I livery (1972-74) but none of the photos I found showed a number. I couldn't locate it in rrpicturearchives nor lists of Amtrak passenger cars, but there was a lot to wade through. Do any of you have a good source for researching retired Amtrak cars?

Here you can see how the car is attached at the side, with the roof partially protected:

The view from the car's other end, showing hints of Amtrak Phase I paint:

Night shot -- also possibly showing tow-tone Phase I paint in between the windows:

These interior shots show that one side of the rail car was removed and it has been modeled to match the rest of the interior - a la "dineresque". The replacement tile floor has a classic diner (building) pattern that has been modernized by adding a lot of space separating the white crosses from the brown background. The updated pattern also fills the wide floor space better than the traditional diner floor pattern would have:

The removed side forms a space for diner-like counter service. As in a real diner building, the floor tile pattern has been repeated on the side of the counter: