Top interurban railways of the early 20th century proudly offered their riders luxurious parlor cars comparable to the best available on their mainline competitors. The Sacramento Northern and its predecessors fielded FIVE fine parlor cars, each one unique.

The Oakland, Antioch & Eastern owned two parlor cars from the start of operations. The first was Moraga, built by Wason in 1913 as an observation and dining car. Moraga was originally a powered car, with four Westinghouse 322E motors, dual Westinghouse 15A2 controls, and was equipped with a pantograph and two poles. The motors, pan and poles were removed in 1915 and later applied to Hall Scott coach 1026, though Moraga retained her controls for backing movements on the Key pier. In her original configuration, Moraga had open observation platforms at both ends, since there was no way to turn the car in Sacramento. Shortly after the Sacramento Union Station was opened in 1925, Moraga was rebuilt as a single ended car. Moraga's original assignment was northbound on the Capital Limited and southbound on the Metropolitan. Later these two trains were renamed the Comet (North and southbound). Moraga had a kitchen and dining area from the start, and light meals were offered to both parlor car patrons and regular passengers.
Moraga was arguably the most attractive of all the Sacramento Northern parlor cars.

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