Union Pacific Dome Lounge Observation #9009 "City of San Francisco"

Union Pacific Dome Lounge Observation #9009, City of San Francisco, was built by American Car & Foundry in April 1955 for use on the City of Portland. The car was sold to AutoTrain in May, 1972 for use between Virginia and Florida, becoming AutoTrain #908. After AutoTrain shut down in April 1981, the car was sold in December but was never paid for. It moved through several owners seeing little use until becoming Scenic Rail Dining's Rivers Edge in 1987 and being used in dinner train service. It became Transcisco Tours' Zephyr Cove in 1991 and was used on the Kalamazoo, Lake Shore & Chicago's Wine County Dinner Train. Union Pacific re-purchased the car in May of 1993. After being refurbished, the car was given the name City of San Francisco, after the jointly operated Union Pacific/Southern Pacific/Chicago& North Western streamliner that ran between Chicago and Oakland, California from June 1936 to April 1971. Incidentally, due to clearances on the Southern Pacific portion, Union Pacific's dome cars were not used on the City of San Francisco.