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Owner: USDOT/Federal Railroad Administration
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
User Notes:   DOT Rail Test Car

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CSX 1540 pulls FRA test car T-16 (DOTX 216) as it enters South Carolina
Title:  CSX 1540 pulls FRA test car T-16 (DOTX 216) as it enters South Carolina
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/11/2008  Upload Date: 3/12/2008 3:23:25 AM
Location:  Marshville, NC
Author:  Elmo Bass
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 1540(GP15-1)
Views:  1522   Comments: 1
Y-16 (DOTX 216) FRA test car pulled by CSX 1540
Title:  Y-16 (DOTX 216) FRA test car pulled by CSX 1540
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/11/2008  Upload Date: 3/12/2008 3:23:54 AM
Location:  Waxhaw, NC
Author:  Elmo Bass
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 1540(GP15-1)
Views:  3109   Comments: 2
CSX 1540 Pulls FRA test car t-16 (dotx216)
Title:  CSX 1540 Pulls FRA test car t-16 (dotx216)
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/11/2008  Upload Date: 3/12/2008 3:24:11 AM
Location:  Waxhaw, NC
Author:  Elmo Bass
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 1540(GP15-1)
Views:  1066   Comments: 2
DOTX 219
Title:  DOTX 219
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/5/2010  Upload Date: 6/21/2010 7:23:31 PM
Location:  Elkhart, IN
Author:  Pat Huemmer
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  494   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/5/2010  Upload Date: 6/21/2010 7:23:56 PM
Location:  Elkhart, IN
Author:  Pat Huemmer
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  373   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description:  @NYSW YARD IN RIDGEFIELD PARK
Photo Date:  9/8/2011  Upload Date: 9/8/2011 6:44:52 PM
Location:  Ridgefield Park, NJ
Author:  Kevin Quinn
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  CEFX 3143(SD40M-2)
Views:  526   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description:  FRA in NYSW YARD
Photo Date:  9/8/2011  Upload Date: 9/8/2011 6:45:39 PM
Location:  Ridgefield Park, NJ
Author:  Kevin Quinn
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  CEFX 3143(SD40M-2)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description:  FRA car @ NYSW yard
Photo Date:  9/8/2011  Upload Date: 9/8/2011 6:44:03 PM
Location:  Ridgefield Park, NJ
Author:  Kevin Quinn
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  491   Comments: 1
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/2011  Upload Date: 9/12/2011 8:12:31 PM
Location:  Selkirk, NY
Author:  Sean Gulden
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  440   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/2011  Upload Date: 9/12/2011 8:12:39 PM
Location:  Selkirk, NY
Author:  Sean Gulden
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  395   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/2011  Upload Date: 9/12/2011 8:13:21 PM
Location:  Selkirk, NY
Author:  Sean Gulden
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  495   Comments: 0
CSXT 7587 & DOTX 216
Title:  CSXT 7587 & DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/2011  Upload Date: 9/12/2011 8:13:26 PM
Location:  Selkirk, NY
Author:  Sean Gulden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 7587(C40-8)
Views:  465   Comments: 1
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/2011  Upload Date: 9/12/2011 8:13:42 PM
Location:  Selkirk, NY
Author:  Sean Gulden
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  325   Comments: 1
CSXT 7587 & DOTX 216
Title:  CSXT 7587 & DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/2011  Upload Date: 9/12/2011 8:13:46 PM
Location:  Selkirk, NY
Author:  Sean Gulden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 7587(C40-8)
Views:  464   Comments: 1
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/8/2011  Upload Date: 11/11/2011 9:25:43 PM
Location:  Valdosta, GA
Author:  Allan Williams Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  455   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/8/2011  Upload Date: 11/11/2011 9:25:56 PM
Location:  Valdosta, GA
Author:  Allan Williams Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  389   Comments: 0
NS 9445
Title:  NS 9445
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/8/2011  Upload Date: 11/11/2011 9:26:08 PM
Location:  Valdosta, GA
Author:  Allan Williams Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9445(C40-9W) CSX 8130(SD40-2)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/8/2011  Upload Date: 11/11/2011 9:25:03 PM
Location:  Valdosta, GA
Author:  Allan Williams Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  347   Comments: 1
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/9/2011  Upload Date: 11/11/2011 9:53:51 PM
Location:  Valdosta, GA
Author:  Allan Williams Jr.
Categories:  Roster,Night
Locomotives: 
Views:  281   Comments: 0
CSX 8130
Title:  CSX 8130
Description:  CSX W006-10
Photo Date:  11/10/2011  Upload Date: 11/12/2011 1:26:19 AM
Location:  Valdosta, GA
Author:  Allan Williams Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 8130(SD40-2)
Views:  347   Comments: 2
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/10/2011  Upload Date: 11/12/2011 1:26:39 AM
Location:  Valdosta, GA
Author:  Allan Williams Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  374   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/10/2011  Upload Date: 11/12/2011 1:26:46 AM
Location:  Valdosta, GA
Author:  Allan Williams Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  351   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/12/2011  Upload Date: 11/13/2011 11:24:48 AM
Location:  Valdosta, GA
Author:  Allan Williams Jr.
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  337   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/12/2011  Upload Date: 11/13/2011 11:25:00 AM
Location:  Valdosta, GA
Author:  Allan Williams Jr.
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  460   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/12/2011  Upload Date: 11/13/2011 11:24:31 AM
Location:  Valdosta, GA
Author:  Allan Williams Jr.
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  341   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/13/2011  Upload Date: 9/18/2012 4:16:35 PM
Location:  Valdosta, GA
Author:  Edwin Brunot
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  361   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/13/2011  Upload Date: 11/13/2011 11:25:16 AM
Location:  Valdosta, GA
Author:  Allan Williams Jr.
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  316   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description:  DOTX 216
Photo Date:  1/6/2012  Upload Date: 1/8/2012 6:03:12 PM
Location:  Irondale, AL
Author:  Aaron Hambright
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  443   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description:  DOTX 216
Photo Date:  1/6/2012  Upload Date: 1/8/2012 6:05:46 PM
Location:  Irondale, AL
Author:  Aaron Hambright
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  330   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/24/2012 11:57:13 PM
Location:  Irondale, AL
Author:  Lee Singletary
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  383   Comments: 0
P&W Engine 2201 DOTX 216 car
Title:  P&W Engine 2201 DOTX 216 car
Description:  Resting in Cumberland next to engine house
Photo Date:  5/1/2012  Upload Date: 5/1/2012 10:36:36 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Jamie Nadeau
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  PW 2201(B23-7)
Views:  584   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description:  sitting in Cumberland next to engine house
Photo Date:  5/1/2012  Upload Date: 5/1/2012 10:39:40 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Jamie Nadeau
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  534   Comments: 0
P&W Engines 2006, 2201
Title:  P&W Engines 2006, 2201
Description:  2006 heading into the engine house
Photo Date:  5/1/2012  Upload Date: 5/1/2012 10:26:32 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Jamie Nadeau
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PW 2201(B23-7) PW 2006(GP38-2)
Views:  519   Comments: 0
Ensco / Pennsylvania and Southern Railway HQ
Title:  Ensco / Pennsylvania and Southern Railway HQ
Description:  The Ensco facility / Pennsylvania and Southern engine house at the Cumberland Valley Business Park outside of Chambersburg, PA.
Photo Date:  9/19/2012  Upload Date: 1/12/2013 9:08:18 PM
Location:  Chambersburg, PA
Author:  Jim Stanton
Categories:  Yard,Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  614   Comments: 0
Side view of the FRA Test Car.
Title:  Side view of the FRA Test Car.
Description:  Far from the glamorous life of a Metroliner.
Photo Date:  9/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/12/2013 6:44:37 PM
Location:  Point of Rocks, MD
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  364   Comments: 0
Going away shot of DOT test car 216.
Title:  Going away shot of DOT test car 216.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/12/2013 6:44:39 PM
Location:  Point of Rocks, MD
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 6249(GP40-2)
Views:  501   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/12/2015  Upload Date: 6/18/2015 9:14:09 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Jamie Joyce
Categories:  RollingStock,Night,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  229   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description:  United States Department of Transportation -Federal Railroad Administration
Photo Date:  8/1/2015  Upload Date: 8/2/2015 10:22:31 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Jonathan Camacho
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  253   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description:  Cab of a former Metroliner
Photo Date:  8/1/2015  Upload Date: 8/2/2015 10:05:46 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Jonathan Camacho
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  254   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description:  Amtrak 8th Street Yard
Photo Date:  8/1/2015  Upload Date: 8/2/2015 10:03:38 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Jonathan Camacho
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  262   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description:  DOTX 216 rolls eastward on Amtrak Train #2, the eastbound Sunset Limited, as the train makes its way through Sugar Land, TX on its way to its next station stop of Houston.
Photo Date:  8/4/2015  Upload Date: 9/16/2015 8:09:33 PM
Location:  Sugar Land, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  319   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/25/2015  Upload Date: 8/29/2015 7:12:42 AM
Location:  Deland, FL
Author:  Stephie Kolata
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  450   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/25/2015  Upload Date: 8/29/2015 7:12:43 AM
Location:  Deland, FL
Author:  Stephie Kolata
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  496   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/25/2015  Upload Date: 8/29/2015 7:12:43 AM
Location:  Deland, FL
Author:  Stephie Kolata
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  504   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/13/2019  Upload Date: 2/24/2025 8:46:08 PM
Location:  Baltimore Penn Stati, MD
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  65   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/13/2019  Upload Date: 2/24/2025 8:46:09 PM
Location:  Baltimore Penn Stati, MD
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  81   Comments: 0
DOTX 216 and 3 PRR private cars.
Title:  DOTX 216 and 3 PRR private cars.
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/7/2019  Upload Date: 2/24/2025 8:46:20 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  91   Comments: 0
DOTX 216, Catalpa Falls, Colonial Crafts
Title:  DOTX 216, Catalpa Falls, Colonial Crafts
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/7/2019  Upload Date: 11/7/2019 11:56:10 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  442   Comments: 0
DOTX 216
Title:  DOTX 216
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/12/2019  Upload Date: 3/20/2020 9:26:02 AM
Location:  Unknown, GA
Author:  Thomas Hogan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GC 3917(U23B)
Views:  329   Comments: 1
GC 3917
Title:  GC 3917
Description:  This appears to be a Metroliner, built by the Budd Company for the Pennsylvania by request of the Department od Transportaion. Due to unreliability, they were retired by Amtrak after only 10 years of service, and some were rebuilt into cab cars, as seen here. This one must have been purchased by the DOT and converted into a surveycar of sorts.
Photo Date:  12/12/2019  Upload Date: 3/20/2020 9:27:47 AM
Location:  Unknown, GA
Author:  Thomas Hogan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GC 3917(U23B)
Views:  289   Comments: 1


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