Randy,
Thanks for the info. Seems a shame that the Mark Twain ended up like
that. Looks like restoration would be one big job. I guess the good
news is that it's still around.
John Sauer
--- In BRHSlist@y..., Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyrus@r...> wrote:
> At 09:10 AM 3/28/2002 -0500, Sauer, John wrote:
>
> >What happened to the fourth car of the Pioneer Zephyr and how was
it that it
> >did not make it with the rest of the train to the Museum of
Science and
> >Industry?
>
> Car 500, recently named "Effie Dean" by its last owner (Chicago
lawyer Ron
> Lorenzini,) is currently part of the Mark Twain Zephyr consist(!)
which is
> for sale:
>
> http://www.railmerchants.net/marktwain/
>
> Car 500 was removed from PZ's consist during its last year in
service, so
> the train was in its original 3-car configuration when it was
donated to
> MSI. There's a partial PZ timeline on my website (address in sig
below).
>
> Best regards,
>
> Randy
>
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