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Pullman 1-Drawing Room 1-Single Bedroom Buffet-Lounge Observation "Seneca Valley" (Plan 3988A, Lot 6356, Built July 25th, 1930) was built for use on the New York Central Railroad. It is one of at least 20 Valley cars built for NYC Service, although its mainly recorded as having been used on the "Southwestern Limited" Passenger Train, another Equivalent of the famed "20th Century Limited" train, heading to St. Louis. On July 7th of 1939, it and a sister car, Catskill Valley, were pulled from Pullman service and leased to the New York Central for the hurriedly inaugurated "Pacemaker" passenger train, the NYC's answer to the PRR's "Trailblazer." It then became Lounge-Observation #2598, the bedrooms now likely locked up. After new equipment in 1940 was introduced, the car was then sent back to Pullman and rebuilt to Plan 3988H, emerging from the shops as a Solarium Observation and repainted back into its original Green & Gold scheme, now donning a Sans Serif font over the Roman font. It saw use between New York and Florida on a winter special train, although its assignments are fuzzy on which trains/railroads it ran on.

On March 27th, 1956, "Seneca Valley" was then sold to Royal American Shows as their Pie/Generator Car #77. The Solarium lounge had a generator installed, and the food was prepped on the onboard-buffet provided meals. It rode the rails for roughly 30-ish more years before being parked on a sideline in Florida alongside other circus cars that were also rare cars or the last of their kinds. Florida East Coast, the owner of the track they were on, scrapped the circus cars in late 2017-early 2018 because they were "In the way" and did not give preservationists any time to save the cars. A truly sad thing to note is that some contacts of mine inspected Seneca prior to its scrapping and said the car was still structurally sound and intact (save for a few holes near the toilet), featuring parts that, albeit rotted to hell, were still all original.

Seneca Valley, when it was still around, was one of two surviving Valley cars. The other, Tonawanda Valley, is now in the possession of the Danbury Railroad Museum in Danbury, Connecticut.
Seneca Valley
New York Central #2598
Seneca Valley - Solarium/Gothic Font
Royal American Shows #77
Royal American Shows #77 - Later Font
Royal American Shows #77 - End of Its Life
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Description

Pullman 1-Drawing Room 1-Single Bedroom Buffet-Lounge Observation "Seneca Valley" (Plan 3988A, Lot 6356, Built July 25th, 1930) was built for use on the New York Central Railroad. It is one of at least 20 Valley cars built for NYC Service, although its mainly recorded as having been used on the "Southwestern Limited" Passenger Train, another Equivalent of the famed "20th Century Limited" train, heading to St. Louis. On July 7th of 1939, it and a sister car, Catskill Valley, were pulled from Pullman service and leased to the New York Central for the hurriedly inaugurated "Pacemaker" passenger train, the NYC's answer to the PRR's "Trailblazer." It then became Lounge-Observation #2598, the bedrooms now likely locked up. After new equipment in 1940 was introduced, the car was then sent back to Pullman and rebuilt to Plan 3988H, emerging from the shops as a Solarium Observation and repainted back into its original Green & Gold scheme, now donning a Sans Serif font over the Roman font. It saw use between New York and Florida on a winter special train, although its assignments are fuzzy on which trains/railroads it ran on.

On March 27th, 1956, "Seneca Valley" was then sold to Royal American Shows as their Pie/Generator Car #77. The Solarium lounge had a generator installed, and the food was prepped on the onboard-buffet provided meals. It rode the rails for roughly 30-ish more years before being parked on a sideline in Florida alongside other circus cars that were also rare cars or the last of their kinds. Florida East Coast, the owner of the track they were on, scrapped the circus cars in late 2017-early 2018 because they were "In the way" and did not give preservationists any time to save the cars. A truly sad thing to note is that some contacts of mine inspected Seneca prior to its scrapping and said the car was still structurally sound and intact (save for a few holes near the toilet), featuring parts that, albeit rotted to hell, were still all original.

Seneca Valley, when it was still around, was one of two surviving Valley cars. The other, Tonawanda Valley, is now in the possession of the Danbury Railroad Museum in Danbury, Connecticut.
Seneca Valley
New York Central #2598
Seneca Valley - Solarium/Gothic Font
Royal American Shows #77
Royal American Shows #77 - Later Font
Royal American Shows #77 - End of Its Life
Credits to , CREDIT HIM AND ME (Use ) if you want to use.