Does anyone know where the equipment is coming from?
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
Well, maybe Mr. PullmanCo and Son will invite me to join them on this one, but at the moment all that is tangible is a single page website.
Centralia-Columbia passenger service lasted until 'quite late in the game'. In fact, I believe that service outlived the "City of St Louis".
Posted by chrisg (Member # 2488) on :
Is the former Michigan Clipper Dinner Train?
Chris
Posted by Dakguy201 (Member # 10360) on :
It recently was photographed at Oelwein, Iowa. Perhaps it was being stored by the Iowa Northern.
Posted by smitty195 (Member # 5102) on :
Ah, the Michigan Clipper...I had forgotten about that equipment. Thanks for the info.
Posted by holt19 (Member # 15547) on :
Just an FYI, this was NOT the former Michigan Star Clipper. It was the former Grand Traverse Dinner Train that operated from 1996 until 2006 in Traverse City, MI until the host freight railroad booted them after a derailment. Even the www.dinnertrain.com URL was from the GT Dinner Train. Went to Iowa to be repainted and some work. Engines kept the same numbers as they used on the GT Dinner Train.
Posted by palmland (Member # 4344) on :
Since the topic is on special trains, perhaps there is some interest in the latest development with the Grand Luxe equipment aka AOE. As you may recall, it was supposedly going to be used in connection with the Xanterra company's plans for excursion between national parks. When that was cancelled, this is apparently the latest chapter for the train.
Various reports indicate many of those classic cars have been purchased by the new owner of the famous Greenbrier Resort in WV (formerly owned by C&O/CSX). No clear indication of when or how they may be used, so we can have fun speculating.
There is also speculation that somehow former C&O steam engine 614 (owned by steam enthusiast Ross Roland) is involved in this. That engine is now on display at the Virginia Transportation Museum in Roanoke. After that it will go on display at the railroad museum in Clifton Forge, Va. That is of course just down the mountain from the Greenbrier on the route of the Cardinal. Stay tuned.
Posted by amtrak92 (Member # 14343) on :
I would love to know the status of the AOE cars as well. I heard some were repainted.