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GCRY Yard |
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This view is looking east from Grand Canyon Boulevard, which is just east of the Grand Canyon Railway station. On the extreme right is the BNSF line from Phoenix, seen here climbing up to Williams Junction where it will joint the former ATSF main line. Next is the GCRY main line to Grand Canyon. To the left of the first power pole are the two F40's on the day's 13-car excursion train. This is where the train or trains are parked over night. It will soon pull ahead and then back into the station on the main line for a 9:30 departure. To the left of the track machine are "Boise Budds" 304, 404 and 402; and on the extreme left, reflecting the morning sun, is appropriately named coach 7609 BRIGHT ANGEL. |
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3/28/2014 Upload Date: 4/21/2014 1:26:37 PM |
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Williams, AZ |
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GCRY 801 |
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Grand Canyon Railway 68-seat coach 801 was built in February 1955 as Boston & Maine RDC-2 6208 (serial No. 6011) and was sold to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in in 1976 as MBTA 6208. It was rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen as MBTA unpowered cab car (i.e. BOISE BUDD) 1406 in 1982, then in 1992 it was sold to Virginia Railway Express and overhauled by General Electric at Hornell, New York as VRE car V801. It was subsequently sold to California’s JOINT POWERS BOARD and then resold to the GCRY. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 4/21/2014 1:11:28 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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GCRY coach 2152 |
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Grand Canyon Railway car 2152 Pullman is a 92-seat Pullman Class coach for passengers who want to ride in a car with opening windows. It was built by Pullman Car Manufacturing Co. in 1924 as Southern Pacific 2152 for commuter service at San Francisco. Cars like this made up GCRY’s original coach fleet. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 7/24/2019 3:25:37 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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GCRY coach 800 |
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Grand Canyon Railway 800 is a Budd Class coach with 68 seats and is ADA-compliant. It was built by Budd in February 1955 as Boston & Maine 6203, an RDC-2 baggage-coach. It was subsequently Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 6203 and was subsequently rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen into unpowered cab car 1402. Notice where the baggage door had been located at the near end of the car. The car moved on to Virginia Railway Express as the V800, then to Caltrain as JPBX V800 and then to the GCRY. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 7/24/2019 3:41:42 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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GCRY coach 2095 ANASAZI |
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Grand Canyon Railway car 2095 ANASAZI is a First Class coach with 42 regular seats and two ADA accommodations. It was built by Budd in 1950 as Southern Pacific coach 2377 GOLDEN ORE for service on the GOLDEN STATE LIMITED. It was subsequently Amtrak 4410 and then ADA-compliant HERITAGE FLEET car 4014. It went to the Santa Fe Southern in 1996 and to the GCRY in 1998. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 7/24/2019 3:27:23 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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Michael Palmieri |
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GCRY coach 7608 ARIZONA |
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Grand Canyon Railway car 7608 ARIZONA is a First Class coach with 68 seats. It was built by Budd in 1951 as Pennsylvania Railroad 1588 for operation on the CONGRESSIONAL LIMITED and the SENATOR. It retained its same number on the Penn Central and was assigned Amtrak 7418 in 1976, but it retained its original number until it was remodeled into high-capacity HEP car 7608 in September 1981. GCRY acquired the car in 2003. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 7/24/2019 3:29:46 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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Michael Palmieri |
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GCRY cafe car 2096 |
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Grand Canyon Railway 2096 CAFÉ CAR has non-revenue space and a 20-seat dinette. It was built by Budd in 1952 as Pennsylvania Railroad parlor car 7132 HENRY KNOX for operation on the CONGRESSIONAL LIMITED and the SENATOR. It was subsequently Penn Central 7132, then Amtrak 3632 and then remodeled into HERITAGE FLEET lounge car 3121. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 7/24/2019 3:33:39 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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GCRY dome car 2094 COCONINO |
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Grand Canyon Railway car 2094 COCONINO is a First Class Dome with 48 seats downstairs and 24 seats in the dome. It was built by Budd in 1955 as Norther Pacific car 554 for service on the NORTH COAST LIMITED and was subsequently Amtrak 9481. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 7/24/2019 3:36:05 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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GCRY dome car 2097 KOKOPELLI |
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Grand Canyon Railway car 2097 KOKOPELLI is a First Class Dome with 48 seats downstairs and 24 seats in the dome. It was built by Budd in 1955 as Great Norther 1326 for service on the EMPIRE BUILDER and was subsequently Amtrak 9466. It was leased to the Alaska Railroad in 1984-85 and then it became privately-owned as the 800719. GCRY leased this car in May of 2000 from the Great Northern Dome Company. The Grand Canyon is off to the left, right on the other side of the EL TOVAR HOTEL which can be seen on the other side of the car. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 7/24/2019 3:38:28 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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GCRY Boise Budds |
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Grand Canyon Railway BOISE BUDDS 800, 301 and 306 on Track 4 at the Grand Canyon Station. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 4/21/2014 1:10:03 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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GCRY 8742 FRED HARVEY |
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Grand Canyon Railway car 8742 FRED HARVEY was built by Budd in 1955 as one of six GREAT DOMES for service on the EMPIRE BUILDER. It was originally Great Northern 1392 MOUNTAIN VIEW, and then Amtrak 9362, 9301 and 10030; before being sold in 2001 and became American Orient Express 800742 NEW ORLEANS. It was subsequently owned by Grand Luxe Rail and then American Railway Explorer, and it was briefly painted as ARE YELLOWSTONE before moving to the Grand Canyon Railway. Its GCRY number was derived from 800742 by omitting the two zeros! The change in the fluting above the letterboard at the near end of the car shows where Amtrak removed the vestibule when they rebuilt it with HEP for service on the AUTO-TRAIN in 1985. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 4/12/2014 5:24:28 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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Michael Palmieri |
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GCRY 800 and 801 |
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Grand Canyon Railway cars 800 and 801 were both built in February 1955 for the Boston & Maine as RDC-2 combines. When these were rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen as unpowered BOISE BUDD cab cars, they retained a headlight and end windows at one end. Notice the flat stainless steel where the 800's baggage door had been. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 4/21/2014 1:10:26 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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GCRY Williams Flyer |
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Shortly after its 11:45 arrival at Grand Canyon, passengers began to detrain from the Grand Canyon Railway's WILLIAMS FLYER. The train has been opened up ahead of the last short dome car so that passengers can more easily get to the depot, whose roof is visible above the last car. The El Tovar Hotel is across the road from the station, and the South Rim of the canyon is right on the other side of the hotelThe train is parked on track 4, while the two tracks in the foreground are 5 and 6. These two no longer connect to the main line, and are mostly covered with crushed stone so passengers can more easily get to the tour busses parked on the left. The bus parking area was previously occupied by one or more additional tracks.Today's 13-car train - the maximum size which will fit into the station - consisted of F40's 237 and 295, open-window former SP coach 2193, former RDC's 306, 301, 800 and 801, CAFE CAR 2096, coaches 7608 ARIZONA and 2095 ANASAZI, short domes 2097 KOKOPELLI, 2094 COCONINO and 7034 GRAND VIEW, great dome 8742 FRED HARVEY and parlor-observation car 255 CHIEF. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 4/12/2014 4:16:38 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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Michael Palmieri |
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GCRY 255 CHIEF |
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Grand Canyon Railway car 255 CHIEF was built by Budd in 1947 as Atlantic Coast Line blunt-end observation-lounge 255. It was then Seaboard Coast Line 5834 and Amtrak 3334, before going into private ownership. The GCRY has added full-length letterboards so that all of its Budd cars have this feature. The drumhead reads WILLIAMS FLYER. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 4/12/2014 4:17:00 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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GCRY 7034 GRAND VIEW |
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This car was built by Budd in 1948 as Burlington 4722 SILVER STIRRUP, for service on the CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR. It was subsequently Amtrak 9556 and became Alaska Railroad 7034 after being retired in 1984. It went through several changes in ownership, and went to the Grand Canyon Railway in 2004. The GCRY subsequently added full-length letterboards to match the railroad's other Budd cars, trimmed back the skirting, and installed outside-swing-hanger trucks. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 4/12/2014 4:17:20 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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GCRY Boise Budds |
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Grand Canyon Railway cars 801, 800, 301 and 306 on Track 4 in the Grand Canyon Station. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 4/21/2014 1:16:58 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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