Adults-Only First Class Lounge

This car is for adults who are 14 and up only.

The Rippling Stream was built by the Budd Company for the New York Central System in 1949. It was part of a multi-car order under lot 9663-023. The Rippling Stream has 10 sisters Forest Stream, Gulf Stream, Rapid Stream, Boulder Stream, Crystal Stream, Woodland Stream, Swift Stream, Mountain Stream, and Rainbow Stream. It was common to give cars the same last name and have a theme in a multi-car order. The Rippling Stream was in the consists of the Ohio State Limited, the Chigagoan, and the Pacemaker, all classic trains of New York Central’s Great Steel Fleet.

The original car number was 10623 and was re-numbered to 3209 for Amtrak in 1974, and finally found it’s home at ASTA.

The Rippling Stream boasts a 22 seat open lounge and 5 compartments.  Compartments F and C each seats 2 people with vintage lounge chairs and a round table. Compartments E and D each seat 4 people in standard chairs and a square table. Compartment AB is one large room that seats 6 people at two round tables and standard chairs. Each compartment is separated. (Passengers in F cannot see passengers in E for example.) When purchasing your tickets, please consult the full color Seating Chart on the Select Tickets page to assist you in seat selection.

Please note that the Rippling Stream may run as an all-ages car on some special events that are geared towards children- such as the North Pole Flyer. All of our cars are now climate controlled!

Looking for wheelchair accessible seats? Check out the Buckeye Trail and Eagle Cliff cars. The Rippling Stream is not accessible by wheelchair.

Pictures of our new compartments coming soon!