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Historic Train Car Hotels Across the United States
Looking for a different place to stay the next time you travel? Then consider the golden age of rail travel, but these trains are parked. A number of historic rail cars are now being converted into hotels.
In Chattanooga, Tennessee, Hotel Chalet lets you sleep in one of 12 refurbished rail cars.
In Indianapolis, the Crowne Plaza Union Station has authentic train cars parked inside a historic station, with rooms starting at about $150 a night.
And in Dunsmuir, California, Jubilee Railroad is an entire wilderness lodge and restaurant built from eight authentic rail coaches.