Got Varnish?

These are re-runs from another thread about my trip to Russia. Enjoy!

 

Metro North, New York bound, passing through the New York Botanical Gardens Station.

 

This Pullman coach, VRIC7, was part of the touring postal train of a couple of years ago.

 

I wouldn't turn down this shot. It looks great to me.

 

Commuter varnish......

 

Delaware & Ulster (former Acadian) Budd tavern-lounge car “Silver Queen.




And a peek into where the real varnish is:

 

I have no idea how I missed this thread. Just about everything I fan has to do with varnish. Peirce, VRIC7, "Kitchi Gammi Club," seems to find its way onto almost every excursion I have been on in the last few years.
Here's a vestibule shot of some old varnish trailing behind SP&S 700 and SP 4449 doubleheading eastbound in the Columbia gorge last July.

 

Delaware & Ulster (former Acadian) Budd round end parlor-observation car #9061



Here is a long view in the interior.

 

Catskill Mountain RR

 

More commuter varnish
Two ACMU coaches recently retired from Metro North, now at the Danbury Railway Museum.

 

In Bogota Colombia South America

 

This isn't a good shot, but the Dover Harbor is one of the best riding (old, six wheel trucks) cars I have ever ridden on. Operated by the Washington, DC chapter, NRHS, this shot was on the 1993 New River Gorge trip. I have seen the car at the Grand Canyon in 2002, but riding it in 1993 was a great experience.

 

B & O RDS number 1960, now at the Danbury Railway Museum.