Santa Fe 1534 is an all-steel heavyweight lounge car. It has a large lounge with chairs for informal seating and a bar for light refreshments. It also has several open sections, which could be converted from daytime seating into nighttime bunks separated by heavy curtains, intended to be used on

Santa Fe 2544 is an all-steel combine, or combination passenger-baggage car. It was built for use across the wide-ranging Santa Fe system in the Midwest and southwest. Cars like this were common on railroads, particularly on more lightly used lines where a full baggage car was unnecessary to carry express

IC 2804 is an all-steel heavyweight coach. It is known as a “day coach” to denote its configuration for longer-distance transportation, with more comfortable seating than a short-haul commuter coach. When new, it was segregated into White and Black seating areas complete with separate bathrooms due to “Jim Crow” laws

In 1971 the Michigan Council for the Arts funded the creation of the Michigan Artrain, later simply Artrain, a roving art exhibition housed in three converted passenger cars. One of these three cars, ARTX 1, is an exhibit car rebuilt at that time from a heavyweight coach built in 1924

In 1971 the Michigan Council for the Arts funded the creation of the Michigan Artrain, later simply Artrain, a roving art exhibition housed in three converted passenger cars. One of these three cars, ARTX 3, is an exhibit car rebuilt c1971 from a Union Pacific streamlined coach. It was retired

Nevada Northern 101, the “Ely,” is a particularly opulent example of a railroad private car. It was used by the president of the railroad for private luxury transportation and could also be employed as a rolling office or a way to “wine and dine” railroad customers. Its interior features extensive

Southern 10, the “Susan Marie,” is a heavyweight steel private car. Originally built by Pullman as a heavyweight, it was heavily rebuilt by the Southern Railway at their Hayne Shops in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in 1948. It became an office car, a mobile office and living quarters for one of

Wisconsin Central Railway 57 is a wood-bodied coach. It was built in 1905 as part of an order for 10 coaches. In 1909, the WCRy was leased to the Soo Line, and in its later years this car was operated by the latter railroad. It was used to carry passengers