TCRX 4733

This car began life in 1953 at the Budd Company in Philadelphia, PA, as Santa Fe Railway 2831. Seating forty eight passengers, 2831 was intended to serve the Chicago-Los Angeles El Capitan streamliner, which only lasted for three years. The car and its siblings were placed in the general pool, meaning that the car would appear on any train wherever it was needed. When the Santa Fe handed its service over to Amtrak in 1971, the car was renumbered 4823 and incorporated into their Heritage Fleet, being rebuilt with Head End Power (HEP) in 1980. Eventually made redundant by newer equipment, 4719 was purchased by the Tennessee Southern Railway, who used it in their own excursion service before coming to the museum in 1995; and has served dutifully on our excursion trains since.

This car is available for First Class Seating!