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Coachella Valley History Museum installs 1950 stainless‑steel rail car to become dining/lounge; accessibility and garden plans next
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The Coachella Valley History Museum unveiled a 1950 stainless‑steel rail car they transported to downtown Indio and plan to convert to an ADA‑accessible dining and lounge car, paired with drought‑tolerant gardens and community programming. The museum expects design work to be complete by fall and construction within about a year.
The Coachella Valley History Museum on Friday updated the Indio City Council on its largest project to date: acquisition and placement of a 1950 stainless‑steel rail car at the museum campus, which the museum plans to convert into a dining and lounge car and a new community event space.
Gloria Franz, speaking for the Coachella Valley History Museum, described the months of work required to secure and place the rail car. The museum purchased the car in Indiana, arranged rail transport to Southern California, then moved the car by modified flatbed overnight on I‑10 and used cranes to set it in place in downtown Indio. Franz said the museum had to…
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