Passenger Trains > Great western Tours two unit diner on Sierra RR

Back in the early 1970s the Sierra Railroad used a two unit diner kitchen. Originally from Union Pacific. Great Western Tours used the diner for the Sierra railroad dining car trains. They were named Adventurer and Nomad. Not sure what happened to the cars after Great Western Tours ownership.

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maybe owned by rrpreservation here on t/o. they may have gone to BCRR northwind service, which up graded them, then AOE

Beliveve the two unit dinner was ex-Southern Pacific.  It may be the one that is (or was) located at PLA in Niles Canyon.

The UP set ended up with BC Rail for the Whistler Northwind train and later to AOE who did extensive work on them.
The triple unit Cascade Club set at Niles Canyon is ex-Southern Pacific.

well RR preservation does have a UP twin diner if you have any use for it, make an offer

another one became or 1/2 of it was in LA as a diner, not sure if UP had 4 sets or just 2  that were verified ,those were for the COD  but after the COP-COD were combined in  1959 one train they were used elsewhere I believe

think they were retired around 1968 by the UP

dan Wrote:
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> well RR preservation does have a UP twin diner if
> you have any use for it, make an offer
>
> another one became or 1/2 of it was in LA as a
> diner, not sure if UP had 4 sets or just 2  that
> were verified ,those were for the COD  but after
> the COP-COD were combined in  1959 one train they
> were used elsewhere I believe
>
> think they were retired around 1968 by the UP

Yes, the Great Western Tours twin unit is the former AOE set that is in Denver.  As usual, it is in pieces to some extent - dorm gutted, etc, but is more or less sort of intact if you don't mind trucks that are "Some Assembly Required".

The other UP set (there were two of these 1953 ACF twin unit sets built for UP) was separated and as Dan notes the dining room half ended up as part of a "Railroader Restaurant" in the Inland Empire of Southern CA.  It was moved to another restaurant in Yuma, AZ maybe 25 years ago.  The kitchen dorm half was stored on the Ventura County RR for a few years and ultimately scrapped by Purdy Co in Mojave, CA circa 1980's.

Thanks to all for your information.

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The Ketchen Dorm was stored at OERM Perris before it went to Ventura.  In fact the table section and a lounge that both became a railroader were in Perris for a couple of years.