In the Beginning:
Long before the Grandview (or even the Florida Fun Train for that matter) was even a twinkle in a rail executive's eye, the cars were being meticulously manufactured and assembled.  The four "sunroom" cars (551-554) were CN9600s and were built in Canada by National Steel Car Co. Ltd.  The four food service cars (351-2, 451-2) were built by Pullman Standard at the Osgood Bradley Plant, Worcester, MA.  All subsequent modifications to these cars have been performed in the US.
 

ARR	Built	Original #	Re-No '74	FFT '97	P.S.Lot #	D.Randall
351	09/58	CNW 903	AMT 9601	E-1 9011	W-6998	It. 1491
352	11/58	CNW 707	AMT 9618	E-3 9013	W-6996	It. 1489
451	11/58	CNW 706	AMT 9617	E-2 9012	W-6996	It. 1489
452	10/58	CNW 600	AMT 9600	E-4 9014	W-6999	It. 1492
551	12/55	CN 9237	CN 9620*	C-1 9001		It. 3281
552	05/57	CN 9269	CN 9648*	C-1 9002		It. 3282
553	06/58	CN 9302	CN 9673*	C-1 9003		It. 3283
554	06/58	CN 9297	CN 9668*	C-1 9004 (note a)		It. 3283
2000	??	??	CN 96??	??	??	??

*CN cars became VIA, same numbers, in 1982
Note a:  CRM listed the FFT# as C-4 9003,  I have assumed it was a typo, but will check.

Original Configurations:
CN 9200s:  Built as Baggage/Messenger cars and remained so until FFT conversion by CRM.

C&NW 700 series built as 96 seat long distance coaches and remained so until FFT conversion by CRM

C&NW 903 built as 48 seat gallery coach, buffet, 32 seat lounge. In 1970 four more seats were added in the lounge.

C&NW 600 built as 48 seat gallery coach, 30 seat parlor car.  Converted to 48 seat coach, buffet, 36 seat lounge (same as 903) in 1970

Present configurations (using Randall's standard terminology):
 

350 series:	351 is a buffet 45 seat lounge
	352 is a buffet 39 seat lounge
450 series:	451 is a 48 seat diner buffet 8 seat lunch counter
	452 is a 48 seat diner buffet 7 seat lunch counter
550 series:	551-554 are buffet, 76 seat sunroom table cars
2000:	(named "Aurora") is a buffet conference sunroom observation