The exterior of the Viewliner sleeper on display in Toledo at National Train Day.
Amtrak passengers seldom get an inside look of a baggage car. If you are riding in a coach or sleeper next to a baggage car you might be able to get a glimpse inside the baggage car through the door window of your car.
So it was a rare opportunity during the annual National Train Day festival in Toledo recently to be able to go inside one of the new Viewliner baggage car.
The car has racks to hold luggage but they were locked upright, probably to prevent children from climbing on them.
At one end of the car was a cabinet that can be locked. Someone on a railfan chat list suggested it is or could be used for storing firearms that have been checked as luggage.
The car has the familiar bowed sides of a Viewliner on the inside.
Photographs by Craig Sanders
Looking down the middle of the interior.
Getting a closer look at the luggage racks that were in the up position.
A locked cabinet sat at one end of the car.
The current Amtrak logo on the side of the car.
Tags: Amtrak, Amtrak baggage cars, Amtrak Viewliners, Viewliner baggage cars
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May 16, 2016 at 10:45 am |
That secured locker could also be used to secure other passenger valuables, not just firearms. Kind of like the guest safes at a decent hotel.
July 1, 2017 at 2:46 pm |
The photo is actually an exterior of the Viewliner BAGGAGE car on display in Toledo at National Train Day.