The Mesa Verde holds the distinction of being the first high-level car remanufactured for private excursion and charter service.  The Mesa Verde offers the best of all worlds – its second-level seating provides unparalleled views; its dorm-style rooms offer sleeping accommodations; and its configuration as a transitional car allows it to operate between low-level and high-level cars.

Travel on the Mesa Verde is unlike that of any other private passenger railroad car in service today.
Builder and Year Built Budd, 1964
Railroad and Original Number Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 735
Current Configuration High-level coach/lounge with private rooms
Status Operational
Amtrak Compatible Yes
Daytime Capacity 54
Nighttime Capacity 13 dorm-style
Toilets 2 – one men’s, one women’s
Shower Yes
Vestibule Yes
Generator Yes – 85KW Stadco
Multiple-unit –equipped (MU) Yes
ADA-accessible No
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