It has had five total different manufacturers since its creation, including Budd, St. Louis Car Company, Amerail, Nippon Sharyo and Canadian Vickers.

The Gallery Car is made of the usual stainless steel and is a bilevel, however there is a drop down in the middle to the first floor.

This choice was made in particular to allow conductors to make a single pass through the car to collect passenger fares instead of having to go to each floor.

[6][7] The windows are not the same across the brands either (with designs building on each other): An electric multiple unit (EMU) variant of the railcar has been produced by Nippon Sharyo, of which only Metra and the NICTD South Shore Line own and operate.

Two large passenger railroads are getting new equipment to phase out the cars, with Metra and Virginia Railway Express purchasing custom Coradia Bi-Levels from Alstom,[26][27] and Caltrain getting Stadler KISS EMUs from Stadler Rail,[28] to become fully electrified.