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Private Varnish

Passanger cars that are not in regular service

Not all railroad passenger cars are owned and operated by a railroad company. Some are owned by a person or a group of people. Some are owned and used in a limited manner such as a dinner train. There are other passenger cars that are owned by railroad companies but are not available to the public. All of these passenger cars are "private varnish". These cars may be available for charter. Private Varnish is almost always a beautifully restored car.

BNSF Glacier View
BNSF 30 Glacier View. A full dome car now being used as an inspection car
BNSF Glacier View
Glacier View on the end of Amtrak Empire Builder
BNSF Glacier View
BNSF 30 Glacier View Inspection car
BNSF Glacier View
BNSF 30 Glacier View in 2000
Golden Mission
Golden Mission at LAX
Sonoma Valley
Sonoma Valley at LAX
Native Son
Native Son in Fullerton CA in 1993. It started life as Union Pacific 9006. It was rebuilt in 2001 as the Bella Vista
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Starlight Tallahassee
Starlight Tallahassee at LAX
Starlight Tallahassee
Starlight Tallahassee at LAX
Starlight Tallahassee
Starlight Tallahassee at LAX
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NS 1
The open platform of Norfolk Southern 1 "Virginia" in Ronaoke
NS 18
Norfolk Southern 18 "General William Mahone" in Ronaoke

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