On October 4, 2022, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local departs Logan, Montana, with a lone, weatherbeaten, but unique car. Northern Pacific observation car No. 391 is headed to a new owner, and will be trucked from the end of track at Harrison. NP No. 391, originally named “Arlington Club,” was one of six lightweight streamlined sleeper/lounge observations built by Pullman-Standard in 1948 for Northern Pacific’s North Coast Limited. The car included four double bedrooms, one compartment, a buffet-kitchen and a 26-seat observation lounge. This diminutive local is powered by MRL EMD GP35 Nos. 403 and 401, and is heading east on the former NP main line towards Butte, which this car traveled many times on the rear of NP’s famous NCL!
