The Skyline series was a fleet of 18 lightweight streamlined dome-buffet-lounge cars that the Budd Company built for the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1954 and 1955. Made of stainless steel with a Tuscan red letterboard, they were numbered 500 to 517 and did not carry individual names. In its original layout the car had three parts: a dome seating 24, a 26-seat passenger area on the lower level behind a small kitchen and buffet, and at the end the Skyline Coffee Shop, a 17-seat buffet area with curved settees and banquette seats. They came as part of the 173-car Budd order for the Canadian and the Dominion. The Delaware and Hudson leased two in 1974 for Amtrak Adirondack service. Via Rail acquired the fleet in 1978 and in 1982 replaced the lower-level seating with a dining room and snack bar; 16 were on its roster in 2015.
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built by the Budd Company for the Canadian Pacific Railway
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Via Rail acquired the fleet from the Canadian Pacific in 1978
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built by the Budd Company for the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1954
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a fleet of 18 lightweight streamlined dome-buffet-lounge cars
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lightweight streamlined dome-buffet-lounge cars
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the cars remain in active service
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built by the Budd Company for the Canadian Pacific Railway
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Via Rail acquired the fleet from the Canadian Pacific in 1978
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