| The Mount Vernon is a lounge sleeper capable of sleeping 12 guests in 6 bedrooms and seating 15 people during the day in the lounge area. The car is equipped with a full service kitchen and features private bathrooms in each bedroom as well as a single shower. Built in 1950 by Budd as 10-6 sleeper Pacific Island for the Union Pacific, sold to Amtrak in 1971 and retired in 1992. Acquired from The Sleeper Line, a Canadian corporation, in April 1999. The car was recertified for mainline (Amtrak and Via Rail Canada) private car service by Delaware Car Co. in 2002. Reconfigured to the present interior layout by the Lancaster and Chester Railway in 2003. The Mount Vernon is now owned by Dominion Rail Voyages LLC. |