Appreciate the update. It would be nice to see the set operate as a
tourist train somewhere.
Actually, the diner is a dinette, added a year or two later to the train.
On the 1956 Denver Zephyr, its duties and that of the lounge in front of the
train were taken over by the dome-coffee shop "Chuckwagon" cars. The
dinette would work nicely on a short three car train.
sjl
rwmills@e... wrote:
>
> This is a report on the status of the three Texas Zephyr cars owned by
> the Black Hills Central Railroad at Hill City, South Dakota as of
> September 4, 2000.
>
> I was in Hill City and Keystone today shooting some transparencies of
> the Black Hills Central Railroad - a good day as both of their steam
> locomotives (2-6-2s) were in operation(not doubleheading, however).
>
> As for the condition of the three TZ cars, the diner is in Keystone. It
> is going to be moved back to Hill City this fall in anticipation of
> renewed service all the way into Keystone in the spring of 2001.
> Interior of this car is not good, but exterior is not bad - some new
> glass needed.
>
> The two cars in Hill City, a coach and an observation, need a lot of
> glass, with quite a bit of interior damage due to vandals. The words
> TEXAS ZEPHYR are still quite readable on all three cars.
>
> I have heard that these cars are for sale. For more information contact
> Bob Warder, the owner of the BHC at 605-574-2222. They would need to be
> trucked out, as the BHC is landlocked after the BN pulled out in 1983.
>
> Rick Mills
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