Received THIS today... now will there be follow-on items?

I'd like to see some single-level RM cars, too, as that's what my wife and I rode in last year.  We had two GP-40's on the Vancouver to Kamloops combined train.  I didn't catch their cab numbers.  Then the following day we had GP-40's number 8013 & 8014 on the Kamloops to Jasper section.  And there were also 2 engines on the Kamloops to Banff section.  

Bill

hi David, I hope your dream comes true!  Always enjoy your thoughtful posts.  All the best, Dave

Very cool.

Wow David now that is cool.  I would definitely put that in a nice case or shelf when not running. Love it!

I don't expect to see a MartyE line anytime soon but may have something else brewing.

That is a very sharp-looking locomotive!

David,

The livery is attractive.

The bi-level cars look like the CRM (Colorado Rail Manufacturing) built cars from old super dome cars. The curved glass top is unique. Do you know any history of those? Florida Fun train , Alaska RR and cruise line cars.

Do you know about the railroad? Where is their headquarters and service facility located?

Moonman posted:

David,

The livery is attractive.

The bi-level cars look like the CRM (Colorado Rail Manufacturing) built cars from old super dome cars. The curved glass top is unique. Do you know any history of those? Florida Fun train , Alaska RR and cruise line cars.

Do you know about the railroad? Where is their headquarters and service facility located?

Here it is: https://www.rockymountaineer.com/

Arthur posted:

Moonman posted:

David,

The livery is attractive.

The bi-level cars look like the CRM (Colorado Rail Manufacturing) built cars from old super dome cars. The curved glass top is unique. Do you know any history of those? Florida Fun train , Alaska RR and cruise line cars.

Do you know about the railroad? Where is their headquarters and service facility located?

Here it is: https://www.rockymountaineer.com/

Arthur,

I was there at the website before I asked the questions. That information is not there. Thanks for help anyway.

Headquarters is located at 1100-980 Howe Street Vancouver, British Columbia. 

I'd imagine their service facilities are located somewhere in Vancouver.

Rusty

Carl, not sure this is what you want, but...  R M rail operations

Moonman posted:

The bi-level cars look like the CRM (Colorado Rail Manufacturing) built cars from old super dome cars. The curved glass top is unique. Do you know any history of those? Florida Fun train , Alaska RR and cruise line cars.

Try this link for the history of the Colorado Railcar Company now out of business. The Rocky Mountaineer cars should be listed there. Several years ago I rode on one of their ultradomes between Danali and Whittier, Alaska. An absolutely outstanding car.

http://www.trainweb.org/ultradomes/history.html

Ken

Moonman posted:

David,

The livery is attractive.

The bi-level cars look like the CRM (Colorado Rail Manufacturing) built cars from old super dome cars. The curved glass top is unique. Do you know any history of those? Florida Fun train , Alaska RR and cruise line cars.

Do you know about the railroad? Where is their headquarters and service facility located?

Carl:

Attached is a pdf file with a scan of the article "Rocky Mountaineer Rail Equipment" from the RM on-board newspaper "Mile Post".  It gives some info on the history of the engines and the passenger car equipment for which you were asking and it says that those bi-level cars were made by CRM.

Also attached are a few photos I took when my wife and I rode the train last year. 

The first photo is the interior of the RM Vancouver station.  We were the first passengers to arrive there at 6:00 AM that's why it is empty.  Although it is near the Vancouver Pacific Central Station which VIA Rail and Amtrak use, it is a completely separate facility owned by RM.

We rode in a “SilverLeaf" single-dome car shown in the 2^nd photo but we still had an excellent view of the scenery through the side windows which wrap around almost to the top of the roof as shown in the 3^rd photo.

The next photo shows our train passing under the CN bridge across the Fraser River at Cisco's Crossing.  We had just crossed over the CP bridge from the West side of the river to the east side.

The next photo was taken at the end of the trip in Jasper and shows the two rebuilt GP-40's (cab #8013 & 8014) which had pulled us on the second day from Kamloops.  The last photo is the nameplate on one of the engines.

It was a great trip!

Bill

Very cool! Nice research, gentlemen.

Ted, that was good way to find the maintenance facility.

Bill,

The original superdomes came from Milwaukee Road cars. CRM acquired those and refurbished and customized them. Now they are UltraDomes. There is a thread where someone is creating the top for original superdome car models. That top would certainly make it a lot easier to create the Alaska RR and the Rocky Mountaineer cars.

Here is an ARR Ultradome with a viewing platform, the dome, and the cruise line Ultradomes

Thank you for that article confirming the manufacturer for the RM cars. These are truly unique cars and are well suited for the views in Canada and Alaska.

Thanks, again to both of you!

Bummer.  MTH 2018 v1 does not have an additional RM GP40 nor a companion set or even passenger cars. 

Hopefully because they are perhaps making close-to-proto passenger cars for a later 2018 v2 release?  

One can dream.