CN Business Train on its way to Winnipeg for rail safety week

We got word that a CN Business Train would be in our area this week heading to Winnipeg for rail safety week and as luck would have it we got to chase it today
Train 1
Northbound train CN P007 led by CN 3890, CN 3021 and CNIS 412091
they are pulling
RXCX 5776 Generator car
RXCX 800273 Western Pacific California Zephyr Silver Palace Dome car
RXCX 800644 White Bear Lake Dining car
RXCX 800460 New York Central Swift Stream Passenger Car
NSRX 800045 The Milwaukee Road Caritas open end observation/ business car
Locations
Spot 1
Sparrow Lake, ON - Torpitt Rd. crossing
Spot 2
Nobel, ON - off Nobel Rd.
June 11, 2024 #PEDENRAILFAN
Of note:
Trying to find information on these cars from CN brought us no luck it seems that they are now owned by The Railway Excursion Management Company (Railexco) RXCX
Taken from Railexco website
Railexco offers a range of diversified services supporting passenger rail operators in North America. They are the professionals the rail industry counts on when it comes to Amtrak special trains, rail charters, political campaign trains, and rail-based corporate events. We support passenger railroad operators with quality insurance, staffing solutions, parts, asset disposal services, and railcar leasing.
Railexco is proud to be a leader in both passenger rail equipment leasing and railroad asset disposal services
The Silver Palace
Built for the Western Pacific Railroad in 1948 as a 46 seat coach, with an additional 24 seats in the dome, for the famed California Zephyr. The car plied the scenic route between Chicago and Oakland, CA, for over two decades, until the train was discontinued in March 1970. As WP had no need for the car after the train was eliminated, the car migrated East and joined the fleet of the new, private Auto-Train Corporation, operating initially between northern Virginia and Florida and later, between Louisville, KY, and Florida.
After the demise of the original Auto-Train, the car was sold into private ownership and passed through several owners. The car was extensive remodeled as a lounge car for country western singer Merle Haggard but was then sold once again and its final assignment was on the Algoma Central Railway in Canada, toting passenger to and from the scenic Agawa Canyon north of Sault Ste. Marie.
The car was acquired by the Friends of the 261 in December 2017 and sold to Railexco in 2023. Based in Maryland, Silver Palace is fully Amtrak certified and is available for charter service nation-wide.
The Swift Stream
Built in 1949, part of an eleven-car order from the Budd Company in Philadelphia. The eleven car order from Budd was for a set of identical cars. Each featured 6 double bedrooms, a buffet (kitchen), and a 22-seat lounge. The cars were known collectively as the stream-series sleeper/lounges; each one featured “Stream” as part of its name.
The Swift Stream served the New York Central for almost two decades following the car’s 1949 construction. The stream-series cars were assigned to many different NYC trains, including the New England States, the Ohio State Limited, the Southwestern Limited, and others.
The Swift Stream outlasted the New York Central itself, going to the Penn Central in 1968, and then to Amtrak in 1971.
Railexco acquired the Swift Stream from a private owner in 2023. The Swift Stream is fully Amtrak certified, and available for charter nationwide.

[@ninjagoKai31]

Epic catch best love kai

[@pedenrailfan]

Thanks Kai glad you enjoyed it

[@RandomRailfan828]

Great catch man, you had some great shots of him too!

[@pedenrailfan]

Thanks it was all about the pan shot that day

[@jasonunderhill6215]

nice of the crew on the tail end to wave!

[@pedenrailfan]

Yeah CN usually has pretty friendly crews that always wave to us

[@tylerm666]

Awesome Catch! Caught that at Mount Albert. :D

[@pedenrailfan]

Great train we just can’t believe it is a rental consist after the inspection car

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Very cool, they are supposed to be traveling through our area today! (Dave).

[@pedenrailfan]

Great train we just can’t believe it is a rental consist after the inspection car though better than having to maintain the fleet probably cheaper just rent and paint for the trip

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

@@pedenrailfan For sure.