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El Comedor
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company· preserved American dining car
what is it?
El Comedor (RI #428) is a former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad dining car. It was one of four built in 1947 on Lot 6762 by Pullman-Standard to plan 7517 for the Golden Rocket, "the train that never was." It was subsequently added to the consist of the Golden State along with its brethren, and stayed with the train for many years after. The car is noted for its beautiful copper interior and Mexican theme.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- 25.9 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
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- number built
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- kind
- carriage / wagon
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company
- operators
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
- top speed
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- power
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- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 25.9 m
- capacity
- 36 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5351043, Wikipedia: El Comedor (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.