Private varnish train?

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El_Kabong

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Getting off the Metra in Western Springs this evening, a consist of at least two dozen private cars led a pair of Amtrak locos went by.

Any ideas what the occasion is?
 
Yes it was the American Association of Private Railroad Car owners convention train the Spirit of St Louis

This is their website:

http://www.aaprco.com

And here is the video from the Railstream camera of the train arriving at Chicago

 
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American Association of Railroad Private Cars sponsored a trip from Chicago to Cincinnati to Louisville to St. Louis and back to Chicago.
 
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