Passenger cars: Galley business car

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Galley Club car - VIA Rail Canada

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Model:
Galley business car

Built by:
Budd Car Company and AMF

Built in:
1947-49

Acquired by VIA Rail in:
1989-2000

Number of units in fleet:
10

Unit number(s):
4000 to 4009

Configuration:
56 seats

Did you know?

  • Before being acquired by VIA Rail, most of the cars in this series were in regular service on principal Amtrak routes in the United States, and on other excursion routes.
  • The yellow and blue lines on these cars — usually used for Business class — are more than mere decoration. They also tell train personnel that these trains are equipped with the electric connections (blue line) and drive connections (yellow line) necessary for linking a locomotive to the end of a consist.

 

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