Budd streamlined cars have been a regular sight in the shadow of Denver Union Station for 34 years, but this is the last day that they will be here. Today, they are owned by Amtrak, and tonight, a... (more)

Legally Parked

Rio Grande diner Silver Banquet makes its final visit to Grande Junction, Colorado. Its last steak and eggs breakfast has been served, and after it spends ano... (more)

A Northern Pacific Diner Among an ATSF Gold Mine. Stainless steel fluting on original Santa Fe Railway passenger cars returns again to the rails of the Barstow station, even if only for jus... (more)

Southern Pacific Golden State dining car “Golden Trencher” is freshly-painted and on display at the Union Station Railroad Museum at Mendota, Illinois, on April 8, 2016. I didn’t have the op... (more)

Lunch is long over, and the Silver Banquet is ready for the first call to dinner on the Rio Grande Zephyr.

Amtrak Heritage Dining Car 8512 is a former New York Central car. With the first Viewliner II Diner entering revenue service the same month, this veteran's days are numbered.

Former Gulf, Mobile & Ohio heavyweight dining car "Azalea" awaits an uncertain fate at a closed restaurant in Buttzville, NJ since 2006.

Waiting to be added to tonight's train 3, the westbound "Pocahontas"

The Colorado Railroad Museum features a variety of restored passenger cars, such as this beautiful Tahoe Dining Car No4, which seats 30 comfortably and which can be rented for special occasions.

Modernized heavyweight; likely being used for the "Cincinnati Limited"

Head-end electric heat is still a few years away for Amtrak!

This 1890s D&H Dining Car is the last of the 4 victims involved in the March 16th, 2008 arson fire that destroyed the engine house that housed this car, GP9 #39, 2-8-2 #58, and 2-8-0 #38. The goo... (more)

A lighted view of the scene, courtesy of the news vans of WVTV-18, WTMJ-4, WITI-6, WISN-12, and WDJT-58.

The El Capitan dining car from the Sierra RR's Golden Sunset dinner train. This car was converted from a bi-level SP gallery commuter car.

Dining Car "Zurich" - This Train Started in Washington, DC and Will Eventually End Up in Los Angeles