A pair of CSX MP15's bracket a former Union Pacific Dome Chair, UP 7007, on a special one-car move along the former B&OCT. The history of UP 7007, built in 01/55, is below courtesy of Utah Rails:
UP 7007 was sold to Auto Train 705 in June 1972; to Delaware Otsego Corporation in December 1981; in service on Cooperstown & Charlotte Railroad (Seidel: Blue Mountain Reading Railroad) until 1989; stored at Utica, New York; to CSX in 1999; to Illinois Transit Assembly (formerly Kasten Railcar) in July 2001; to Pete Messina in March 2002; moved to New Orleans in 2003, named "Southern Hospitality", painted in KCS passenger colors, interior remodeled with lounge at one end, two bedroom suites at the other end, and a buffet under the dome.
Tom Golden photo.
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