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METIS IN THE NEWS

RALPH LAUREN'S RL MAGAZINE
“Private railcars allow you to feel a sense of what luxury was, and what it can still be,” says John Tyson, owner of the Metis, built in 1928. “It is the gentlemanly way of traveling.” READ MORE

THE PLAIN DEALER/CLEAVELAND.COM
"Listen, nobody ever waved at a jet," said John Tyson, a Reno, Nev., television reporter who owns a 1928 car built originally for the Canadian National Railway. READ MORE

DAILY SPARKS TRIBUNE
“You could actually say this was the private jet of the 1920s and 30s,” Tyson said. “This car saw a lot of history and I would suspect the president of Canadian National probably used it. On occasion celebrities have ridden on this car and John Edwards, during the campaign of 2004, used this car.” READ MORE

THE PLAIN DEALER/CLEAVELAND.COM
"Form the back platform of the “Metis” I can clearly see the famous arch. It reminds me that Saint Louis was the gateway to the west where so many people prepared to make the journey to California and Oregon." READ MORE

 
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