How much does it cost to buy/lease passenger train cars (new/used)?

Question

How much does it cost to buy/lease passenger cars (new/used) ; high end "luxury" passenger cars?

Answer 1

Here are some sites that might help:

http://www.colonialcraftsrailcar.com/

or

http://www.midamericarailcar.com/pages/a...

or

http://www.jfsrailcar.com/index.htm

or

http://www.greatlakesrailcar.com/GLR.htm...

Answer 2

A lot.

Answer 3

Check out this site: http://www.carleasingsecrets.com/. This might help.

Answer 4

Alaska Railroad bought new Bilevel high end train cars for 3.58 million a piece. Ontario's GO Transit bought 27 passenger cars at 4.1 million a piece.

So brand new they're about 1 to 4 million per car.

Not sure of the lease price.

Answer 5

The range is very broad, because they come in all ages and conditions.  You can buy a typical passenger car for $30,000 or so, but you can also spend a quarter of a million on a newer executive car in good condition.

You also need to be prepared to spend a bunch of money on required maintenance and inspections.  The FRA is insistent about these things.

There are a number of brokers that have cars of all kinds for sale or lease.  An internet search on "railroad car for sale" should get you started.

Answer 6

Why not ask the ones who own them?