This unfortunately is the state of a lot of the
rolling stock and locomotives we've "saved". It would
be best if this train were in public or at least
non-profit hands, where grant monies could be applied
for its restoration. In my estimation, it is a black
hole for any private owner's money. If the interior
furnishings are lost, that restoration could be a very
big task. It would be great to see it run again, but
it should at least become a display piece at some Q
station. Those who are interested may read my
editorial on the subject in the editorials section of
RyPN.
http://www.rypn.org/
--- Charlie Vlk <charlie@k...> wrote:
> John-
> It isn't "a shame".... merely stripped for
> restoration. Hopefully, all the
> bits and pieces of the interior are still available
> for reinstallation. The
> trainset is actually quite restorable from what I
> can see..... the exterior
> and structure look to be in excellent shape, and
> being stainless steel,
> won't suffer from their current exposure! All it
> takes is a ton of money!!!
> Charlie
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nycbqfan [mailto:jsauer@e...]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 2:42 PM
> > To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [BRHSlist] Re: Pioneer Zephyr
> >
> >
> > 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
> > >
> > > Randy Gordon-Gilmore ,----.___________
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