Slumbercoach

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Budd Slumbercoach
Ex-NP 325, the "Loch Sloy," at the Illinois Railway Museum.
Manufacturer	Budd Company
Constructed	1956–1959
Number built	28 (eighteen new; ten rebuilds)
Number in service	None
Capacity	40 beds: 24 single rooms, eight double rooms (new) 36 beds: sixteen single rooms, ten double rooms (rebuilds)
Operators	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Northern Pacific Railway New York Central Railroad Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Missouri Pacific Railroad Amtrak
Specifications
Car body construction	Shotwelded stainless steel
Car length	85 ft 0 in (25.91 m)
Braking system(s)	Air
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

The Slumbercoach is an 85-foot-long, 24 single room, eight double room streamlined sleeping car. Built in 1956 by the Budd Company for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad for service on the Denver Zephyr, subsequent orders were placed in 1958 and 1959 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Missouri Pacific Railroad for the Texas Eagle/National Limited, then in 1959 by the Northern Pacific Railway for its North Coast Limited and also the New York Central Railroad for use on the 20th Century Limited.