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Olds Philosopher's avatar

Hudson River Rail Excursions runs regular short trips aboard some restored cars. The most interesting of these is 'Hickory Creek', a dome observation car that ran on the luxurious 20th Century Limited starting in 1949. I rode a day New York to Albany trip in it and it was a great experience.

Hudsonriverrail.com

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Griffin Orser's avatar

The French artist JR recently did a project for the Simplon-Orient-Express which involved transforming a train car into this elaborate and luxury art/transport piece. Slightly different from the context of these privately owned and attached train cars, but it reminded me of a modern equivalent

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Albert Cory's avatar

The burning question everyone must be asking is: how much?

I finally found this page: https://www.hudsonriverrail.com/20thcenturylimitedexperience

Not that out of line, compared to first class air travel. Of course, NY to Chicago is not going to be all that scenic.

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Catherine Christie's avatar

ICONIC…romantic & a bit mysterious…!

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