--- In BRHSlist@y..., "Stephen J. Levine" <sjl@p...> wrote:
>
>$28,500 for Silver Slumber. Now I know what I want for Christmas!
Wonder if it would fit in the backyard.
John Sauer
> Jack Deasy wrote:
>
> The attached message mentions the DZ Slumbercoach Silver Slumber as
> being for sale by Monad Railway Equipment. It had been priced at
about
> $32,000. It would be nice if it ended up in a museum.
>
> As many of you know, the Silver Siesta was burned by vandals in
> Sunnyside Yard, Queens, NY in the late 80's. The Silver Rest was
> scrapped last year.
>
> The only other remaining Slumbercoach, the Silver Repose, as many
of you
> know, is currently owned by the Tennessee Central Railway Museum in
> Nashville, TN. It is used on overnight excursion trips from
Nashville
> to Cookesville as a crew car. It has a new numberboard by the
vestibule
> in a somewhat too high position and also has had what appear to be
> roomette-sized windows placed in 4 of the eight double rooms.
Otherwise
> her peer panel is back in unpainted stainless and she still has her
car
> nameboards with Silver Repose in original, though very faded, Q
> lettering. I am told that the plumbing does not work on her (and
is too
> costly to fix), but otherwise she is kept up fairly well.
>
> There is a nice article by Ralcon Wagner on the TCRM in the current
> (August) issue of Railfan and Railroad. The Repose is mentioned
briefly
> in it. It is excellent reading and I recommend it highly.
>
> sjl
>
> > Jack Deasy wrote:
> >
> > > Monad Railway Equipment's Lon Orlenko says:
> > >
> > > I thought the readers of the PV List would like to know about
our
> > > "Summer Madness Sale". We have greatly reduced prices on the
Pacific
> > > Spray and Silver Slumber as well as added a fabulous Northern
Pacific
> > > dome (NP 310). Visit our web site to find out more!!!
> > >
> > > <http://www.monadrailway.com>
> >
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