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Preserved Classic Train Cars For Sale

General discussion related to all railroad clubs, museums, tourist and scenic lines. Generally this covers museums with static displays, museums that operate excursions, scenic lines that have museums, and so on. Check out the Tourist Railway Association (TRAIN) for more information.

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Preserved Classic Train Cars For Sale

 #538967  by Met113
 
Is there a website out there that has a list of classic train cars for sale? Like those cars from the Super Chief, California Zephyr, El Capitan, etc. Did most of those cars survive or were most of them scrapped? Thanks

 #540617  by Met113
 
Basically what happened to all the cars of the streamlined days of passenger trains. Did they end up in museums or were they scrapped?

 #540765  by Otto Vondrak
 
m11stephen wrote:Basically what happened to all the cars of the streamlined days of passenger trains. Did they end up in museums or were they scrapped?
Yes.

There were thousands of passenger cars from the "classic" era, many have been saved in museums, some are still working for Amtrak and VIA! Many were indeed scrapped when new equipment was purchased for Amtrak.

If you are looking for specific cars, please let us know.

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