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GrandLuxe Rail Journeys
Formerly the American Orient Express
GrandLuxe Rail Journeys (Formerly American Orient Express)
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GrandLuxe Rail Journeys
Vintage Rail Cars

The great streamliner trains — Twentieth Century Limited, Capitol Limited and the Santa Fe Super Chief — offered specialized cars to their passengers.

GrandLuxe Rail has restored these cars to a new level of contemporary splendor. Unified by the dark mahogany walls and adorned with delicate marquetry, they are fashioned in the tradition of George Pullman, the first builder of luxury rail cars.

The cars are for your enjoyment — places to enjoy the scenery, relax over refreshments, create conversation, or read or write without concern for the time.

Dome Car
Dome Car

Built by the Budd Company in 1950 and 1951 for the Great Northern Railroad, each car seats 72 people in an upper-level glass enclosure that affords a 360° view of the surrounding countryside.

GrandLuxe Rail is proud to have restored two rare Vista dome cars, one for each train set.

Day or night, the glass-enclosed dome car offers a 360° view of the world outside. Furnished with comfortable couches, chairs and tables, each car seats 72.Once called "super domes," they remain today, in the words of John H. White, Jr., former Curator of Transportation at Smithsonian Institution, "the most outstanding of the postwar cars."

Observation Car (NEW YORK)
Observation Car

Our bow-tailed observation car is one of the most treasured passenger cars in North America. Its plush seating and circular bay window make this an elegant place to watch the passing scenery.

Bringing up the "markers," as trainmen might say of the last car, is the bow-tailed observation car. This car optimizes rail, with a ring of eleven extra-high windows.
Known as the Lookout Lounge, the car features an elegant round settee facing over-stuffed easy chairs and sofas.

In the center, a classic horseshoe-shaped club bar services plush swivel rockers with slender tables for writing, playing cards, or reading, with refreshments nearby.

Lounge Car
Lounge Car

Our lounge cars, strikingly detailed with brass, leather and mahogany, are congenial places to socialize and enjoy the stunning scenery.

For intimate seating on plush chairs and sofas, lively conversation. the 1940s-era lounge car is the place to be.

Enjoy cocktails while a pianist performs songs by George Gershwin, Hoagy Carmichael, Kenny Wayne, and Cab Calloway, on the baby grand piano at the car’s center.

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2008 GrandLuxe rail tours are here! Reserve your 2008 tour today. Tours generally book up seven to eight months in advance, so book early. Also don't forget that you can save up to $600 per couple on your trips by booking six months or more in advance of departure. Please call 1-800-717-0108 to make your reservation today.
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