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A few months ago I found a website through Trainweb about some new bi-level passenger cars. These cars were quite luxurious and were intended to be used on a joint operation between Amtrak and a shipping company. They would run between LA and NY on a train carrying both passengers and freight.
The cars themselves were red, bi-level, and stood 18' tall, two feet taller than a Superliner. Sleepers featured wrap-around roof windows, much like a Superliner lounge car. An observation car had an open deck on the lower level, somewhat like the observation cars of the 1920s.
Does anyone know where I saw these? I have searched Trainweb for days now with no success. Or was I just dreaming?
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Thank's Chris. That looks like the cars I saw before, but the site looks different. For one thing it doesn't mention the car dimensions, which I read before. I was also pretty certain it involved Amtrak in some way, as I described in my original post. Maybe someone besides Golden Eagle is also buying these cars.
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Sounds great, if they are even as tall as the Superliners, they won't see NY though. Can't do the tunnels, even the dome cars are too high. Reggie
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Were these the cars originally destined for the Philip Morris Marlboro Express?
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