NENANA CAR # : 511

1952	Ordered by the AT&SF from the Budd Company.
1954	Delivered between January and March to the AT&SF.
	Original car had 57 forward facing seats and 18 lounge seats in the dome and a 28 seat lounge , bar and traveling nurse's station on the lower level. Car was used for service on AT&SF's El Capitan, Chicagoan, and Kansas Cityan.
1956	Car was reassigned to the Chief when the El Capitan was reequipped with new "high level" cars.
1968	Chief was discontinued and the car was assigned to the Texas Chief before being reassigned to the San Francisco Chief.
1971	AT&SF to cease passenger service with the start of Amtrak. AT&SF and Amtrak have difficulty reaching agreement on value of the Santa Fe fleet of cars. Privately operated Auto-Train acquires car to operate Lorton, VA. to Sanford, FL. Converted to a 51 seat coach on the dome level retaining its 28 seat lounge and bar on the lower level. Nurses' room converted to restrooms.
1981	Acquired by Neil T. Ferguson at the Auto-Train bankruptcy auction under the company named Sierra Western. Renamed the Donner Pass and leased to Great Western Tours for use by the Redwood Coast Railway Company on their North Coast Daylight passenger train operating over the Eureka Southern Railway out of Willits, California.
1985	Neil Ferguson's company declares bankruptcy.
1986	August, car acquired by Westours as the unnamed owner through a third party.
	September, car moved to Renton, Washington for electrical, mechanical and interior work. Trucks removed from under car and shipped to Morrison-Knudsen in Boise, Idaho for overhaul. Exterior sanded, painted and polished.
1987	April, rebuild completed. On April 24, the car was barged from Seattle to Anchorage.
	May 16: First Alaska use of this car for an Alaska Repertory Theater fund raising trip from Anchorage to Seward and return.
	May 21: Car part of the McKinley Explorer Inaugural Celebration in Anchorage. This Dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony was attended by numerous local and state officials, selected vendors and company employees. It was followed by an open house lasting well into the evening.
	May 23 first Anchorage-Denali-Fairbanks revenue trip.
1996	Car shipped to Tillamook for refurbishment, new air conditioning and electrical at end of season. $610,000 spent in refurbishment.
1997	Refurbished car returns to Alaska. At the end of the 1997 season the car is sent on a 5 month nationwide promotional tour. Returns to Alaska in Spring of 1998.