I had the fortune of riding the Auto-Train in the spring of 1975, just after the series of articles in Model Railroader. I would have been 12 at the time. Southbound I would have sworn we were in a full coach, but looking at the cars that Auto-Train ran, it must have been one of the short domes and we just sat on the lower level. I don't know if the tickets were assigned seats or general admission, but that's where we sat. Northbound we sat in the first two rows of a full dome.
I have not found any consists for the spring of 1975, so I picked a northbound train #2 from March 1973. The train still had several sleepers in their original liveries.
| Train #2, northbound, 3-11-1973 | |||
| 4001 | U36B Diesel Locomotive | Atlas, Athearn or Bachmann | |
| 4004 | U36B Diesel Locomotive | Atlas, Athearn or Bachmann | |
| AT 7 | 75' Auto Carrier | Walthers or Bachmann | |
| AT 9 | 75' Auto Carrier | Walthers or Bachmann | |
| AT 29 | 75' Auto Carrier | Walthers or Bachmann | |
| AT 22 | 75' Auto Carrier | Walthers or Bachmann | |
| AT 13 | 75' Auto Carrier | Walthers or Bachmann | |
| AT 11 | 75' Auto Carrier | Walthers or Bachmann | |
| AT 23 | 75' Auto Carrier | Walthers or Bachmann | |
| AT 12 | 75' Auto Carrier | Walthers or Bachmann | |
| AT 19 | 75' Auto Carrier | Walthers or Bachmann | |
| AT 8 | 75' Auto Carrier | Walthers or Bachmann | |
| AT 10 | 75' Auto Carrier | Walthers or Bachmann | |
| AT 24 | 75' Auto Carrier | Walthers or Bachmann | |
| AT 3 | 75' Auto Carrier | Walthers or Bachmann | |
| AT 21 | 75' Auto Carrier | Walthers or Bachmann | |
| SF REGAL ELM | Sleeper | Walthers #9015 85' P-S REGAL Series 4-4-2 Sleeper -- Santa Fe.* | Retains SF livery. |
| UP OCEAN SCENE | Sleeper | Walthers #9510 Union Pacific City Streamliner Car -- 5-5-2 Ocean Series Sleeper. | Retains UP livery. |
| UP OCEAN VIEW | Sleeper | Walthers #9510 Union Pacific City Streamliner Car -- 5-5-2 Ocean Series Sleeper. | Retains UP livery. |
| SF REGAL GULF | Sleeper | Walthers #9015 85' P-S REGAL Series 4-4-2 Sleeper -- Santa Fe.* | Retains SF livery. |
| UP OCEAN SANDS | Sleeper | Walthers #9510 Union Pacific City Streamliner Car -- 5-5-2 Ocean Series Sleeper. | Retains UP livery. |
| AT 463 | Dome Coach | Broadway Limited #538 SILVER SCOUT, #1496 SILVER THISTLE. * | |
| AT 461 | Dome Coach | Broadway Limited #538 SILVER SCOUT, #1496 SILVER THISTLE. * | |
| AT 524 | "Big Dome" Coach | Walthers #9462 85' Budd Big Dome Bar Lounge - Standard - 1954 El Capitan -- Santa Fe #506-513.* | |
| AT 540 | "Big Dome" Night Club | Walthers #9462 85' Budd Big Dome Bar Lounge - Standard - 1954 El Capitan -- Santa Fe #506-513* or Bachmann. | |
| AT 592 | Movie-Buffet | ||
| AT 597 | Kitchen-Dorm | Walthers #9407 et al -- 85' P-S Kitchen-Dormitory.* | |
| AT 590 | Movie-Buffet | ||
| AT 522 | "Big Dome" Coach | Walthers #9462 85' Budd Big Dome Bar Lounge - Standard - 1954 El Capitan -- Santa Fe #506-513.* | |
| AT 510 | "Big Dome" Coach-Dorm | Walthers #9324 85' Budd Big Dome Bar Lounge Dorm - Standard - San Francisco Chief -- Santa Fe #550-555.* | |
| AT 512 | "Big Dome" Coach-Dorm | Walthers #9324 85' Budd Big Dome Bar Lounge Dorm - Standard - San Francisco Chief -- Santa Fe #550-555.* | |
| AT 135 | Steam Generator | Broadway Limited #1492 Zephyr WP Baggage Car #802 SILVER STAG. * | Substituted AT 135 for AT 137 due to availability of accurate model. |
| 30 cars | |||
| * Will require custom paint and lettering. | |||