Thanks for the fun cool video. My grandfather was a loco. engineer for southern railway. He lived in Va. He snd the other railroad men didn't like private cars. That meant the road foreman of engines and trainmaster usually road the train. Any time railroad official road the train.
Those aren't roomettes, they're bedrooms (to sleep two). Roomettes have only one drop-down bed, and occupy only half the width of the car with a center hallway.
Roomettes can have two beds. The lower seats serves as one bed when folded down and then another drops down from the ceiling. Bedrooms normally have both a toilet and a shower. A Roomette will not have a shower and some do not have toilets either.
Sleeping cars built from the 1930s on during the streamliner era with roomettes only had one bed. Those are the cars that became Amtrak's "Heritage" fleet of sleeping cats. Superliner and Viewliner roomettes have two beds.
@@1940limited I mean, just look at the Observation lounge. Office chairs, random posters, random TV, It's been so heavily modified from it's original historic self that it looks like a fantasy room from Disney Land. I don't mind the Kitchen and the bedroom but the owner should have kept most of it's heritage.
@@FreedomLovingLoyalist One is lucky if he can find a car in this condition, let alone visit or ride in one. I'll take Dagny Taggart as is in video to a squishy airline first class flight with unruly passengers and a hair trigger FAA that forces flight cancellations for a little rain shower somewhere.
Oh how I miss this car. I worked for the man that owned, refurbished and named her.
Great book! Glad to see that someone else had read it and named a car after Dagny!
That is, HANDS DOWN, the best name for a rail car I’ve ever seen! I will lease that car someday for a trip. A new thing for my bucket list.
Thanks for sharing about the train car
Fantastic, your behind the scenes vignettes are excellent insights of railroading.
Thanks for the fun cool video. My grandfather was a loco. engineer for southern railway. He lived in Va. He snd the other railroad men didn't like private cars. That meant the road foreman of engines and trainmaster usually road the train. Any time railroad official road the train.
I've been missing these videos so much ! They are the best
Great choice of name for the car. :)
That is so amazing you have a 20th century limited passenger car one of my favorite passenger trains is the 20th century limited that is so amazing
You use it on one of your passenger trains
Fine narrative about a fascinating piece of RR history, Ken. Thanks.
Another great video. My kudos to all who made this video. Thank you very much. Be safe and healthy please.
What a nice streamliner.
Now that’s how I want to travel cross country by train.
Another great video. My Kudos to all who
Made b this made video.
I wish we had this in Michigan
I love the Dagny Taggert name plate.
I love the name
Sweet.
The train needs two locomotives: the Hank Reardon and the Howard Roark..
How about John Galt?
@@gravellegbThere was a railroad already named after him in Colorado.
Nice
I have conducted a train with Dagny. The rear bathroom septic tank can not handle 50 middle school kids. ;}
I don't believe the car was designed for a crowd that big.
@@1940limited It was coupled to an observation car with no bathroom.
And here I thought Dagny Taggart was Slim Pickens' character in the movie Blazing Saddles.
Does this car have USB outlets in case someone rents it
I doubt it. This car was built way before the Internet.
Those aren't roomettes, they're bedrooms (to sleep two). Roomettes have only one drop-down bed, and occupy only half the width of the car with a center hallway.
Roomettes can have two beds. The lower seats serves as one bed when folded down and then another drops down from the ceiling. Bedrooms normally have both a toilet and a shower. A Roomette will not have a shower and some do not have toilets either.
Sleeping cars built from the 1930s on during the streamliner era with roomettes only had one bed. Those are the cars that became Amtrak's "Heritage" fleet of sleeping cats. Superliner and Viewliner roomettes have two beds.
@@gravelydon7072 In other words, bunk beds. My wide and I have travelled that way many times.
@@gravelydon7072 Amtrak superliner (Southwest Chief) roomettes can hold 2 riders. Restrooms and shower are downstairs.
so jealous.
The cars interior looks ruined.
How so?
@@1940limited I mean, just look at the Observation lounge. Office chairs, random posters, random TV, It's been so heavily modified from it's original historic self that it looks like a fantasy room from Disney Land. I don't mind the Kitchen and the bedroom but the owner should have kept most of it's heritage.
@@FreedomLovingLoyalist One is lucky if he can find a car in this condition, let alone visit or ride in one. I'll take Dagny Taggart as is in video to a squishy airline first class flight with unruly passengers and a hair trigger FAA that forces flight cancellations for a little rain shower somewhere.
wow great host, terrible production
Why? Always a troll in the crowd.
@@1940limited Right