Purpose-built for use on tourist railroads and routes with exceptional scenic beauty, open-sided excursion cars provide a more exhilarating, sensory experience, allowing passengers to feel the wind as the train moves, smell the smoke from the locomotive, and hear the whistle as they traverse the landscape. For railroad operators, these cars are also cost-effective, utilizing existing frames and trucks from freight cars. This model represents cars found on the Roaring Camp and Big Trees Railroad. Situated in the mountains above Santa Cruz, California, the Roaring Camp and Big Trees takes passengers on a winding trip through the impressive coastal redwoods behind historic geared steam locomotives.
