While staying at the Grand Canyon Railway RV park, and the reason for staying there, we took the train to the Grand Canyon.
This was a special wedding anniversary treat for us; we did the train trip on a day when they used the historic steam train, and went to the park in the Luxury Dome train car, did a bus guided tour, and returned in the Luxury Parlor train car.
Before boarding the train, there was a little cowboy show:
![Cowboy show Cowboy show](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0398.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Cowboy show Cowboy show](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0400.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Cowboy show Cowboy show](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0407.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Cowboy show Cowboy show](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0410.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
All aboard! Here’s the Luxury Dome train car; a double-decker car, with a lounge below and a full-length dome above:
![Train Train](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0415.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
After that car, at the end of the train, was the Luxury Parlor car, where we boarded:
![Train Train](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0418.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Us in our seat in the dome car; the TSA was still requiring masks except when eating and drinking:
![David and Jenn David and Jenn](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0419.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
The Luxury Dome car, built in 1955:
![Dome car Dome car](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0423.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Each car had a Passenger Service Attendant:
![Attendant Attendant](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0424.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
A glimpse of the front of the train out the dome window (don’t worry, better pics later):
![Train Train](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0427.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Snacks and beverages:
![Snacks and beverages Snacks and beverages](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0431.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Beverages Beverages](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0438.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
The train newspaper:
![Newspaper Newspaper](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0439.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
A photographer took some pictures:
![Photographer Photographer](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0436.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Here are a couple official photographs of us, in the dome and on the rear platform:
![Photograph Photograph](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0713.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Photograph Photograph](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0714.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
The Luxury Dome car was only about half full:
![Luxury Dome car Luxury Dome car](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0445.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
I walked the length of the train, starting from the rear platform:
![Rear platform Rear platform](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0451.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Rear platform Rear platform](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0448.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
The Luxury Parlor car, built in 1947:
![Luxury Parlor car Luxury Parlor car](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0454.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Passage between cars, with the steps to the Luxury Dome visible:
![Passage between cars Passage between cars](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0457.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
The lower floor of the Luxury Dome car:
![Luxury Dome car Luxury Dome car](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0458.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Luxury Dome car Luxury Dome car](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0459.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
One of the Observation Dome cars; they have smaller domes:
![Observation Dome car Observation Dome car](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0462.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Observation Dome car Observation Dome car](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0463.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Observation Dome car Observation Dome car](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0465.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
The dining car:
![Dining car Dining car](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0468.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Dining car Dining car](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0471.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
The historic 1923 Pullman car:
![Pullman car Pullman car](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0473.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Pullman car Pullman car](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0472.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
A Coach car:
![Coach car Coach car](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0476.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Singer:
![Singer Singer](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0484.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Looking over the train from the frontmost observation dome:
![Train Train](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0491.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Arriving at Grand Canyon village:
![Grand Canyon village Grand Canyon village](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0498.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Tour bus:
![Tour bus Tour bus](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0503.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
On board the bus:
![Jenn and David Jenn and David](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0506.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Ranger operations building:
![Ranger operations building Ranger operations building](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0513.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
A bunch of pictures of the Grand Canyon:
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0517.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0520.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Jenn and David Jenn and David](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0522.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0524.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0528.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0532.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Tour bus Tour bus](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0533.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0535.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0536.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0540.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0545.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0551.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0555.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Jenn Jenn](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0556.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0557.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0559.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0560.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Jenn and David Jenn and David](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0562.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0563.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0564.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0565.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0569.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0571.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0572.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0574.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0577.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Bridge Bridge](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0578.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Bridge info Bridge info](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0579.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0581.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0582.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0584.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0588.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0589.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Lunch was included in the bus tour; it was supposed to be a buffet, but in these COVID times, it was instead a sack lunch:
![Lunch Lunch](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0590.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Lunch Lunch](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0592.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Jenn found a hat in the gift store:
![Gift store Gift store](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0594.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
More angles of the big hole in the ground:
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0605.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0606.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0607.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0608.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Jenn and David Jenn and David](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0610.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0611.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Grand Canyon Grand Canyon](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0613.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
When we tipped the bus driver/guide, she gave us a snowy canyon pic she had taken:
![Snowy canyon pic Snowy canyon pic](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0720.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Back at the train station in the park, I got some pictures of the 1923 steam train engine:
![Steam train engine Steam train engine](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0631.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Steam train engine Steam train engine](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0633.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Steam train engine Steam train engine](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0634.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Steam train engine Steam train engine](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0637.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Steam train engine Steam train engine](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0640.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Steam train engine Steam train engine](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0643.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Engineer Engineer](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0644.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
An assist from a diesel engine:
![Engine Engine](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0645.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
The power car:
![Power car Power car](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0646.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Coach cars:
![Coach cars Coach cars](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0649.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
The rear of the train, with observation dome cars, the Luxury Dome car, and the Luxury Parlor car:
![Train Train](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0664.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
The rear platform of the Luxury Parlor car:
![Luxury Parlor car Luxury Parlor car](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0663.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Champagne toasts in the Luxury Parlor car:
![David with champagne David with champagne](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_2143.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Jenn with champagne Jenn with champagne](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0671.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
The conductor making a PA announcement:
![Conductor Conductor](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0672.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Snacks:
![Snacks Snacks](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0674.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Singers:
![Singers Singers](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0676.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
On the rear platform:
![On the rear platform On the rear platform](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0686.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
View from the rear platform:
![View from the rear platform View from the rear platform](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0688.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![View from the rear platform View from the rear platform](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0692.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![View from the rear platform View from the rear platform](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0693.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
The cowboys stopped the train:
![Cowboys Cowboys](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0696.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Cowboys Cowboys](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0698.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Cowboy train robbery:
![Cowboys Cowboys](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0703.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
The sheriff going after the robbers:
![Sheriff Sheriff](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0706.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
Lastly, an official photo of the steam train engine:
![Steam train engine Steam train engine](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_0711.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
This was a fun way to spend our anniversary, and quite the experience. Highly recommended.