Re: Pacific Parlour Cars
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 10-25-2017 - 11:56
wsabo Wrote:
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> The fact that they only have six? of the cars
> means they don't have enough to run on other long
> distance Bi-level trains. Sometimes they
> substitute a Superliner lounge when one of the
> Parlour cars is out of service but I don't think
> they have enough extra Superliner cars that could
> be converted to Parlour cars
> The wine tasting used to be free but a few years
> ago they started charging about $5 and I believe
> they also allow coach passengers to participate.
> The car also offers a limited lunch and dinner
> menu to take some pressure off the dining car.
> Since the Santa Fe cars were built around 1958? I
> don't know how much longer Amtrak willbe able to
> keep them in good working orderjo
Amtrak only has five of the cars. The sixth has been sold. They were built in 1956.