Grand Canyon Railway

Room With a View

Two of our First Class cars also feature an upper-level glass enclosed dome which features more seating. You haven't seen it all until you've seen the panoramic views from an air-conditioned streamliner dome car. Fresh fruit, pastries, coffee and juice are provided on the outbound journey with champagne and snacks served on the way back. Service of fine spirits is available. It's our goal to make your trip as pleasureable as possible. A passenger service attendant will attend to your every need - from drinks from the bar to a blanket to snuggle in.
 

Children under 11 not allowed.

Streamliners
 

From the years immediately following World War II through the mid 1950s, American railroads embarked on one of the most ambitious, all encompassing and expensive re-equipment programs in the history of any industry for their major passenger trains to have the ability to compete with airplanes and cars. The railroads purchased thousands of the most comfortable, luxurious and modern rail passenger cars ever designed from American Car and Foundry, the Edward G. Budd Company and Pullman Standard. The immediate result was the most magnificent and opulent fleet of streamliners and domeliners ever to grace this planet. Domes and the cruiseliner concept added a new dimension to overland travel, transforming "getting there" into a destination in itself. Whether viewing Mount Hood or Mount Shasta from the Shasta Daylight, Feather River Canyon and the Rockies from the California Zephyr or Tehachapi from the San Francisco Chief, all compared favorably with any attractions in their fabled San Francisco destination. Unfortunately, in the longer term, this massive investment proved no match for indirectly taxpayer subsidized competition, first from the airlines and later from the Interstate Highway System. With the railroads facing financial ruin, most of the trains began losing their luster by the mid 1960s. Within a few years a grand era was gone forever. Well, almost forever. Enjoy a ride with a spectacular view on our Dome Car on Grand Canyon Railway.

Unsurpassed Views
The highlight of a trip on the dome car is the views. You'll feel like you're one with the scenery. The dome car provides the only seat on the train that looks forward. Before dome cars that priviledge was only for the engineer.
 

Cheese With Your Wine?

Enjoy fresh fruit and pastries during the northbound journey in the morning. On the way back, nibble on cheese and crackers along with a champagne toast - or service from the bar including beer and yes, wine.
 

Name Train

The Grand View Dome Car ran as a Vista Dome Coach on the famed California Zephyr, arguably one of the most popular trains of all time. The car was sold to Amtrak in 1971 then joined the Alaska Railroad in 1984. After changing owners and being leased to various railroads nearly every year from 1986 to 2002, the Grand Canyon Railway acquired this classic dome coach in 2004. The seats inside the Grand View running on the Grand Canyon Railway are original, upstairs and downstairs. The Zephyr cars can be easily identified by the linear fluted skirting on sprung hinges at the bottom of the car.
 

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