Re: Looking Back – Amtrak Certified Passenger Cars At The SC&MB Coach Yard
Author: Howard
Date: 02-04-2016 - 03:33
Tom McCann Wrote:
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> For the dinner train operation, as I understand
> it, Iowa Pacific is bringing the rest of the
> former Spirit of Washington cars down from
> Washington to join those cars already in
> Watsonville.
>
> These include a former MILW Super Dome and a
> former Reading observation car. One former SOW
> car, a former Santa Fe Pleasure Dome lounge, went
> to Oregon and is in service on the Mount Hood RR.
Tom,
I spoke with the fleet manager and the former Spirit of Washington cars will not be used for the type of dinner train planned for the SC&MB, but they will be used for recreational rail service on the SC&MB.