Santa Fe Coach-Dorm 736

Number: 736
Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Type: coach-dorm
Builder: Budd Company
Year: 1964

Built 1964 by the Budd Company for use on Santa Fe’s El Capitan between Chicago and Los Angeles. It was a step down coach, designed so passengers could move from a standard hight railcar to a hi-level car and meant the train could operate with conventional and hi level equipment. It was the last hi-level car made for the Santa Fe. Absorbed into Amtrak at founding in 1971. Rebuilt by Amtrak in the mid-1980s as a coach-dorm and renumbered 39936. Retired from Amtrak service in 2018. Sold by Amtrak to the Steam Railroading Institute (SRI) in 2019. Purchased from SRI by RMNE in 2024. Mechanically overhauled in 2025 and entered service in November 2025.