DURR acquires MP 891 Dome Coach

I understand the Catskill Scenic Railway has acquired the former MP 891 dome coach ... the Budd built dome car's last owner was the short lived Acadian excursion train.

History of the car:
http://www.trainweb.org/web_lurker/MP891/

Here is a pic I took of the car when it was used in the Texas Southern dinner train in the early 1990s:

wow! a dome in the Catskills!
interesting!

very out of place historically, but should be cool for enjoying the scenery..I like it!

Scot

Catskill Scenic? It's either the Delaware & Ulster Railroad or the Catskill Mountain Railroad.

http://www.durr.org/2003/core.html

http://www.catskillmtrailroad.com/

-otto-

My sources tell me that DURR acquired a few cars at fire sale prices from the defunct Acadian Railway operation. This includes a dome, and a tail-end obs.

-otto-

THE DOME CAR AND 2 OTHERS WERE INDEED PURCHASED BY THE D&U AND WERE MOVED TO ARKVILLE THIS SUMMER. THEY ARE GOING TO WORK TOWARDS A DINNER TRAIN. BTW , WORK BEING DONE NOW ON THE 5017 , RS-36, ON THE PRIME MOVER.


WORK SAFE
DERAIL

How is equipment routed through to Arkville?

By truck. The DURR is a land-locked operation. So is CMRR.

-otto-

Said cars were brought to Oneonta this past Fall, then trucked in.