Like most of the 80 or so private rail car owners who operate on Amtrak tracks nationwide, he's a lifelong train buff who depends on renting out his car for charter trips to cover the $10,000 in ...

Time and money be damned. The 18 private rail cars that heaved into the Burlington rail yard arrived an hour behind schedule. But, the 100 or so passengers, many of them owners, swore that it ...

There are roughly 40 people who own their cars and belong to the American Association of Private Rail Car Owners, 60 charter companies in the club and abut 10 businesses that have their own cars ...

There's a form of railroad travel that few people ever see: private railroad cars, which attach to normally-scheduled Amtrak trains and pull riders paying top-dollar across the country. Jordan ...

FOR THE RECORD: Private rail cars: A June 20 photo accompanying an article about travel on private rail cars identified the car in which a chef was showing some of the food as the Silver Solarium.

Railroad car enthusiasts “are private people doing what museums do. They are using their personal resources to preserve these cars and in doing so a piece of industrial history,” said Courtney ...

Private luxurious rail cars have been around for over a century, when the Chicago-based Pullman Company, founded in 1867, first produced a selection of railroad cars, dining cars, and parlor cars.

Private railroad cars capture past era. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 46°F. Tuesday, February 25th 2025 Digital Replica Edition. Home Page. Close Menu. News. Latest Headlines; ...

Specially commissioned private rail cars have transported the royal family around the country for over 150 years, beginning ...

If you own a private rail car, you can take an exclusive journey with Amtrak. Studio One-One/Getty Images Slow travel is all the rage these days, and for train enthusiasts in the United States ...

Over a week ago, a man broke into a private train car, which former President John F. Kennedy allegedly traveled in. It was parked at the Santa Fe Depot train station. "We attempted to speak to ...

Train fans like to say that nobody waves at a jet. Classic private railroad cars — ones designed last century for the railroad’s corporate executives and their most important clients, ones ...