Napa Valley Wine Train Vista Dome Car #1085

This car has quite a storied history having been one of the first full-length dome cars built in America! It was originally built as Milwaukee Road #52 for use on their famous Olympian Hiawatha train from Chicago to Seattle. The car also operated in Canada with Canadian National and later Via Rail Canada as #2405 and was named Columbia. The car also operated on Pricess Cruises Tour Alaska trains as car #800481 and named "Mount McKinley". Amtrak operated this car for a period of time on its Auto Train as Dome-Buffet-Lounge Car #9311 (prior to Amtrak equipping the Auto Train with Superliners). Riding in a dome car is a truly unique experience that you will never forget! It provides some of the best views from the train while enjoying the world class cuisine you will have on the wine train! Historical Information about this car provided by the Napa Valley Wine Train, and Trainweb.org.