AmTrak Please Take Notice -or- I Won't Hold My Breath

[dales]

http://jalopnik.com/this-new-luxury-sle ... 1794801104

[Bicycle Bill]

I can't imagine this as part of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation fleet, but I could see some rich sonuvabitch buying or building something like it as a private car.

Maybe even Dumb'old Trump.  There's already been presidential airplanes and yachts; he could designate it as the Presidential railcar and call it Amtrak One.

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[dales]

From the article:

A single trip costs bare minimum $2,865, the SCMP reports, for either a two or four day trip and upward of $8,500—which makes sense given there’s only room to hold 34 people on the train.

Pricey, but not prohibitive.

[RayThom]

What... no tennis court?

Build it and they will come.

[Bicycle Bill]

They tried building it ...

and no one came.

And then there was this .... a multi-million dollar fiasco that never ever *DID* make it onto the rails.


Below ▼ — demonstration/publicity photo/proof-of-concept carbodies; more information here.

Below ▼ — the hot-tub carbody, being stripped and re-purposed into a business car by Colorado Railcar.


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[RayThom]

The Marlboro Unlimited: Up in smoke.

I'm betting the design crew all died of lung cancer.

[Big RR]

I don't know what trip in Japan would require a sleeper, but I would think this could be sold as luxury "land cruising" to people who don't like to sail but would like to tour. Imagine a one week European tour where you can tour major tourist areas, then relax on board with gourmet meals and high end drinks while you travel to the next destination. I don't think I'd really care for it, but I'd bet there's a market.

[oldr_n_wsr]

it's a cruise ship on rails.

[dales]

it's a cruise ship on rails.

Probably without a severe case of the runs.