Built in 1979 as a 74 seat Coach. Converted to a Smoker Coach with an enclosed, ventilated smoking lounge on the lower level of the car in place of the lower-level Coach seating in January 1999 and renumbered 31592. Car was wrecked in April 2004 and in October 2008, was repaired and converted back to a regular coach using funds provided by the California Department Of Transportation and renumbered 34960. Historical information about this car provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com and Dan Ainsworth's Amtrak Superliner pages.