The 1994 - 1997 Philip Morris Marlboro Unlimited Train

Equipment Roster of the Marlboro Unlimited Train

*	*	This list is a work-in-progress -- and probably always will be. If you have any photos, additions or corrections please email.
*	LOCOMOTIVES	NOTES
0001		Locomotive PMOX 0001 was an F59PHI made to order at GM's London, Ontario plant as serial number 946543-1. It offered 3200 horsepower and a secondary electrical generator for head end power. The big red diesel took to the rails for the first time in November 1995. Along with locomotive 0002 it sat in waiting at Livingston, Idaho for a call that would never come. The locomotive was sold to Metrolink for commuter service in Los Angeles and repainted at Livingston before proceeding west. It serviced as Metrolink SCAX 882 before being retired in 2020.
0002		Locomotive PMOX 0002 was an F59PHI with much the same story as locomotive 0001. Both rolled out in late 1995. Both were stored in Livingston, ID before moving on to Metrolink. This one was serial number 946543-2. One unique feature of this pair of diesels is that they were modified with the ability to sync the phase of their HEP electrical output before supplying their combined output to the passenger cars of their train. The plan was to run the locomotive's generators in parallel with the power output from power car #3. See below. The locomotive served in commuter service as Metrolink SCAX 883 until retirement in ~2019.
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*	CARS	NOTES
*		Note that there were also 16, 17, 18, and 20-car versions of the train proposed, but the 20-car version dominated until a baggage car was added very late in development. In the cases of cars with two names, the first car name comes from an interior design proposal that included the names, in order, but no associated car numbers. The second name comes from signage that was later designed for some of the cars' interior doors -- which did incorporate car numbers in their design. For example, one interior sign says "The Spa 21". When the proposed train was lengthened from 20 cars to 21 at the last minute by adding a baggage car (to take the #4 spot), it resulted in the car numbers being shifted down the line. The spa car that is almost always referenced as car #20 would, with the addition of the baggage car, have been #21 -- and so on. The train was to be a "cruise ship" on rails - a destination unto itself - but also meaning it needed to be nearly self-contained. The train would have had it all -- everything from a casino to an infirmary, staterooms to dining rooms, dance clubs to hot tubs.
3		Power Car #3. May have been former Northern Pacific baggage car #433. To contain 2 diesel-powered electrical generators, each producing 820 kilowatts. It was proposed that the locomotives be modified to run power in parallel with the power car. The power car was partially completed. The height of the car was increased to house the large generators, supply and vent them well, and better match the height of the locomotives. It was not as tall as the domed passenger cars would have been.
4		Baggage Car #4. To be leased from Amtrak. This was the car that makes the difference between the 20-car version of the train and the 21-car version. The need for more utility and storage space (related to hotel partners) lengthened the train by one car. There was also a proposal to add an extra sleeping car for hotel executives and managers working with/on the train, but this didn't get as far as the baggage car idea did.
5		Staff Sleeping Car #5 PAINTED DESERT. Built by Budd in 1959 as 24SB/8DB Slumbercoach #10800 for the New York Central. To NP #333 LOCH TAY in 1964. To BN on merger. To Amtrak 2031 LOCH TAY in 1971, later 2089 LOCH TAY. To Rader Railcar/Project Thunder. Staff room numbers were to be 501-526, according to signage designed for the interior. The car's conversion was nearly complete, save for missing trucks. To Colorado Railcar with reporting mark KRXX 1230. To private ownership in 2009, still without trucks.
6		Staff Recreation-Dining Car #6 GRAND CANYON. Built by St. Louis Car in 1952 as USAX 89537, an Army Hospital Car. Converted by Amtrak in 1973 to their #3402, a Bar 32-seat Lounge. One of Amtrak's 'Le Pub' lightweight cafe-bar-lounge cars. Converted to HEP as a cafe-lounge for the Lake Shore Limited in 1979 and renumbered 3105. To Rader Railcar/Project Thunder. To Colorado Railcar with reporting mark KRXX 1231. To private ownership in 2009, still without trucks.
7		Staff Sleeping Car #7 ROCKY MOUNTAINS. Built by Budd in 1949 as 22 Roomette Sleeper #10380 TONAWANDA HARBOR for the New York Central. Rebuilt to a 16SB/10DB Slumbercoach in 1961 and renumbered 10817. To PC 4207 on merger . To Amtrak #2005 TONAWANDA HARBOR in 1971. Converted to HEP and renumbered 2053 TONAWANDA HARBOR. To Rader Railcar/Project Thunder. Staff room numbers were to be 701-721, according to signage designed for the interior. The car's conversion was nearly complete, save for missing trucks. To Colorado Railcar. To private ownership in 2009, still without trucks.
8		Bi-Level Domed Sleeping Car #8 CHERRY CREEK. To be built by Rader Railcar. Room numbers were to be 801-815, according to signage designed for the interior.
9		Bi-Level Domed Sleeping Car #9 RIO GRANDE. To be built by Rader Railcar. Room numbers were to be 901-915.
10		Bi-Level Domed Sleeping Car #10 PETRIFIED FOREST. To be built by Rader Railcar. Room numbers were to be 1001-1015.
11		Bi-Level ADA Domed Sleeping Car #11 RED TABLE MOUNTAIN. To be built by Rader Railcar. Two ADA compliant staterooms on the lower level. Room numbers were to be 1001-1115. Lower level to hold the train's Infirmary.
12		Bi-Level Dining-Galley/Kitchen Car #12 PLATTE RIVER. To be built by Rader Railcar. Upper level to hold The Cookhouse dining room, lower level to hold the train's galley (kitchen).
13		Bi-Level Dining-Cinema-Library Car #13 LOVELAND PASS. To be built by Rader Railcar. Upper level to hold Cattleman's dining room. Lower level to hold the Red Rock Cinema multimedia room, The Library, and the Maitre D' Station.
14		Bi-Level Office-Lounge Car #14 PIKES PEAK. To be built by Rader Railcar. Upper level to contain the Big Sky Lounge (later the Glass Mountain Lounge). Lower level to hold an ADA lift, the Purser's office, an area called Purser's Square, and an open platform loading area used as the train's main point of embarkation - essentially in the center of the train.
15		Bi-Level Lounge Car #15 BIG HORN MOUNTAINS. To be built by Rader Railcar. To contain Remington's Lounge (later Charlie Russell's) on both levels. Casino with blackjack tables (later a piano bar) in the center of the lower level. Was to have a mezzanine in the center of the upper level overlooking the lower level.
16		Bi-Level Lounge-Nightclub Car #16 PECOS RIVER. To be built by Rader Railcar. Upper level to hold the 'Cowboy's Place' saloon and The General Store - a small sundries shop, similar to a hotel news stand, with vintage fixtures, display cases and a small pot-bellied stove. Was to have a mezzanine in the center of the upper level overlooking the lower level. Lower level to hold the 'Thunder & Lightning' Dance Club.
17		Bi-Level Domed Sleeping Car #17 CIMARRON CANYON, later SNAKE RIVER. To be built by Rader Railcar. Room numbers were to be 1701-1715.
18		Bi-Level Domed Sleeping Car #18 GREENHORN MOUNTAIN, later CIMARRON CANYON. To be built by Rader Railcar. Room numbers were to be 1801-1815.
19		Bi-Level Domed Sleeping Car #19 TROUT CREEK PASS, later TUMBLE MOUNTAIN. To be built by Rader Railcar. Room numbers were to be 1901-1915.
20		Bi-Level Domed Sleeping Car #20 HUMPHREYS PEAK, later FLINT CREEK. To be built by Rader Railcar. Room numbers were to be 2001-2015.
21		Low-Level Domed Spa Car #21 MOUNT ELBERT. Shell to be used was former SOO 624 built in 1948 by the CM&SP Railway. On the Rader property in December 1994. To have had 5 (initially 6) seven-person hot tubs and 2 massage rooms known as The Spa and a large open-air observation deck at the tail. It would not have been as tall as the other domed cars. When it was proposed the train be shortened from 21 cars to 16, this car was to be reconfigured from a Spa Car to an Entertainment Car, removing the hot tubs and substituting a sauna and video simulator room.
*	BASE CARS	NOTES
*	*	Aside from the single-level crew cars listed above, Rader specifically committed these cars to Project Thunder to provide foundations for the new bi-level Ultradome cars.
SP 3704	Photo Needed	Southern Pacific 3704. A bi-level commuter coach car built in 1955 by Pullman Standard. On the Rader property in Dec 1994.
SP 3710	Photo Needed	Southern Pacific 3710. A bi-level commuter coach car built in 1957 by ACF. On the Rader property in Dec 1994.
SP 3711	Photo Needed	Southern Pacific 3711. A bi-level commuter coach car built in 1957 by ACF. Out to Warner Bros. for the filming of Under Siege 2: Dark Territory in Dec 1994, to return in Feb 1995.
SP 3713	Photo Needed	Southern Pacific 3713. A bi-level commuter coach car built in 1957 by ACF. On the Rader property in Dec 1994.
SP 3716	Photo Needed	Southern Pacific 3716. A bi-level commuter coach car built in 1957 by ACF. Out to Warner Bros. for the filming of Under Siege 2: Dark Territory in Dec 1994, to return in Feb 1995.
SP 3725	Photo Needed	Southern Pacific 3725. A bi-level commuter coach car built in 1957 by ACF. On the Rader property in Dec 1994.
SP 3728	Photo Needed	Southern Pacific 3728. A bi-level commuter coach car built in 1957 by ACF. Out to Warner Bros. for the filming of Under Siege 2: Dark Territory in Dec 1994, to return in Feb 1995.
SP 3731	Photo Needed	Southern Pacific 3731. A bi-level commuter coach car built in 1969 by Pullman Standard. On the Rader property in Dec 1994.
SP 3732	Photo Needed	Southern Pacific 3732. A bi-level commuter coach car built in 1969 by Pullman Standard. On the Rader property in Dec 1994.
SP 3733	Photo Needed	Southern Pacific 3733. A bi-level commuter coach car built in 1969 by Pullman Standard. Out to Warner Bros. for the filming of Under Siege 2: Dark Territory in Dec 1994, to return in Feb 1995.
SP 3736	Photo Needed	Southern Pacific 3736. A bi-level commuter coach car built in 1969 by Pullman Standard. On the Rader property in Dec 1994.
SP 3737	Photo Needed	Southern Pacific 3737. A bi-level commuter coach car built in 1969 by Pullman Standard. On the Rader property in Dec 1994.
SP 3739	Photo Needed	Southern Pacific 3739. A bi-level commuter coach car built in 1969 by Pullman Standard. On the Rader property in Dec 1994.
SOO 620	Photo Needed	SOO Line 620. A Diner-Kitchen Car. May have been SOO X-620, former Milwaukee Road 487 that went to SOO in 1971 as a Maintenance of Way car. On the Rader property in Dec 1994. Hard to say if this was intended for conversion to a dome car, or to be converted to one of the staff cars. Today the car is privately owned and resides in Greeley, CO.
*	SUPPORT	NOTES
*	*	In addition to the rail cars listed above, vans, trucks and buses were needed to transport crew and guests to excursion sites.
*	*	Prevost Motor Coaches. Seven luxury sightseeing-style buses were built by Prevost Car in Quebec, Canada to transport guests between train unloading areas and the sites of their various adventures. To be operated by Arrow Stage Lines. Painted to match the train -- red with a white and black stripe below the midline. Model H3-41, each 41 feet long with a capacity of 31 people. One was ADA compliant with a wheelchair lift. Bus numbers were to be painted on top. The first bus was delivered to Denver in December 1995. The other six buses were ready in February 1996 and stored in Sioux City, Iowa. The bus delivered to Denver was to accompany the abbreviated promotional train on its cross-country tour, hence its early delivery. If you know which of the motor coaches was delivered to Denver, or if you have photos of any of the coaches, please email.
M1		ADA Motor Coach M1 BOULDER RIVER. One of seven Prevost custom buses built for the Marlboro Unlimited. This bus had a wheelchair lift in the right rear window area where the others had a galley and microwave oven.
M2		Motor Coach M2 COPPER CANYON. One of seven Prevost custom buses built for the Marlboro Unlimited.
M3		Motor Coach M3 ELKHORN PEAK. One of seven Prevost custom buses built for the Marlboro Unlimited.
M4		Motor Coach M4 HAWKEYE POINT. One of seven Prevost custom buses built for the Marlboro Unlimited.
M5		Motor Coach M5 RED MESA. One of seven Prevost custom buses built for the Marlboro Unlimited.
M6		Motor Coach M6 STEELHEAD LAKE. One of seven Prevost custom buses built for the Marlboro Unlimited.
M7		Motor Coach M7 THUNDER RIDGE. One of seven Prevost custom buses built for the Marlboro Unlimited.
*	Photo Needed	Sleeper Coach. Arrow Stage Lines was to provide a bus for its off-duty drivers to sleep in. It would have been painted to match the train.
*	Photo Needed	Denver Suburban -- An SUV based in Denver and (actually) used early on during trips to scout the route of the train -- along with the single Prevost motor coach that was (actually) delivered to Denver.
*	Photo Needed	Billings Suburban -- An SUV based in Billings, MT and (actually) used early on during trips to scout the route of the train -- along with the single Prevost motor coach that was (actually) delivered to Denver.
*	Photo Needed	Eight Ford Club Wagon Vans -- To be used to ferry small groups of guests around. Also to transport train supplies. Denver, Billings, Idaho Falls, and Cheyenne would each be allocated one van. Bozeman and Jackson Hole would each be allocated two vans.
*	PROPOSED	NOTES
*		Five Auto Carriers. It was proposed that five auto carrier type railcars be procured to save driving some of the Prevost buses and other support vehicles from site to site, especially remote sites on long legs of the itinerary (Cheyenne to Idaho Falls especially). The autoracks were proposed to fit into the train's consist behind the power car to preserve the view from the tail Spa Car -- or to run as a separate train with a dedicated third locomotive.
*		3rd Locomotive. It was proposed, as the train grew longer, that a third locomotive might be prudent -- either to help pull the whole train or just a separate string of auto-carrier cars.
*	SUPERLINER	11-CAR SUPERLINER VERSION NOTES
*	*	Superliner Version -- At the end of the project in 1997, the possibility of resurrecting the train based on leased Amtrak Superliner cars was explored. The train would have consisted of the two previously leased F59PHI locomotives, a Superliner 1 Storage Car, two Superliner 1 Crew Sleepers, an ADA accessible Superliner 2 Diner, a Superliner 2 Lounge Car, an ADA accessible Superliner 2 Sleeper, three Superliner 2 Deluxe Sleepers, a Superliner 2 Lounge Car and an ADA accessible Superliner 2 Lounge Car -- all heavily modified to PM's high standards for luxury. While it looked great on paper, the will was gone.
*	*	Acknowledgments
*	*	Research resources include: Daniel Quiat, Bernie Watts, Jody Moore, Mary Jayne & John Z. Rowe, Ross Rowland, Jerry LaBoda's Passenger Car Photo Index, The Amtrak Historical Society, University of California San Francisco, W. David Randall's book Streamliner Cars. Many thanks to all who have contributed to keeping track of the histories of the equipment of the 1994-1997 Marlboro Unlimited Train!