Private car on Bennett Levin's restored PRR passenger train at Pittsburgh's Penn Station. Built as "Pacific Island" for UP in 1950 by the Budd Company. It had the former numbers UP 1423, AMTK 2617, and AMTK 2917. Acquired by Dominion Rail Voyages in 1999 and renamed the "Mount Vernon" in honor of George & Martha Washington's estate on the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia. This car sleeps 12 on overnight trips and seats 25 on daytime trips. For more information: www.dominionrailvoyages.com/page10.html |
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8/7/2011 |
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Curt Beal |
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