Another road in IC paint was the FEC.
John D. Mitchell, Jr.
--- Brad Slaney <bradslaney@w...> wrote:
> Wayne Johnston, a gentlemen of Harry Murphy's
> caliber.
>
> BRAD
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Denny Anspach" <danspach@m...>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 10:10 AM
> Subject: [BRHSlist] Re: FW: Illinois Central Domes
>
>
> > During the period of time referred to when the NCL
> sleeper domes were
> > used by the IC in the winter, Wayne Johnson
> (-ston?) was president of
> > the IC. He had immense pride in the IC's passenger
> service, and one
> > of things that he insisted upon meticulously was
> that all cars
> > regularly in IC trains have matching paint
> liveries. This is why one
> > could put together almost an entire train in the
> IC's handsome livery
> > and have it made up totally with cars lettered for
> ACL, CofG, CBQ,
> > and NP- and probably at least three more southeast
> railroads that I
> > cannot nail at the moment.
> >
> > Mr. Johnson was also the person who demanded each
> and every morning
> > that an explanation of accountability be on his
> desk within the hour
> > when the PANAMA LIMITED was not on time.
> >
> > At the time (and since) I have always been amazed
> at the amount of
> > expense, labor, and time that it took for these
> cars each year to be
> > painted/repainted twice.
> >
> > For a time, these NP/CBQ sleeper domes were
> assigned to Amtrak's
> > Floridian (correct name?), the short-lived
> Chicago-Florida train via
> > Louisville, Birmingham, Montgomery, and
> Jacksonville. Our family of
> > four occupied one of these sleepers in this
> service in 1974, still
> > painted in NP colors. It was more than a little
> shop worn and run
> > down, and the dome glass was almost opaque in
> places. Sic transit
> > gloria.
> >
> > Denny
> > --
> > Denny S. Anspach, MD
> > Sacramento, CA
> >
> >
> >
> >
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