A former Amtrak done car has begun revenue service on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad.
The car is former former Great Northern Railway full-length dome Ocean View.
It has been repainted and lettered for the WMSR and will make regular runs between Cumberland and Frostburg, Maryland.
The car was built in 1955, one of six full length-domes built for GN and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy.
Amtrak acquired all six of the domes and assigned them to its Empire Builder between Chicago and Seattle until the domes were replaced with new Superliner Equipment in 1979.
In recent years, Amtrak’s last dome car on its active roster was used for special occasions on select trains, including the Adirondack and Downeaster.
Retired in 2018, Ocean View was offered for sale in 2019, eventually being purchased by Paxrail.
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