List: I have interviewed over a dozen old heads who talked to me about
the "dining car" track. For a great number of years, #47 carried a diner
west out of Chicago to feed dinner to the westbound passengers on the
"Black Hawk." I am not sure when this practice stopped, but the diner
was cut off in Oregon. It would be picked up the next morning by the
eastbound #48. It was set out on the "dining car" track.
Here is where the story gets interesting. I have been told that the
waiters and kitchen staff slept in the diner. The steward would wander
across the street to a boarding house and spend the night in a real bed.
The lady who operated the boarding house was unmarried and her last name
was (I ain't making this up) Spoor.
Can anyone add to this story?
Mike
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 00:43:02 EST locoeng@a... writes:
>Hi Guys,
>
> Maybe I shouldn't answer this but, I can't resist. The Dining car
>track was
>stub track off the CB&N short of the depot. The only reason I remember
>this
>is three SD-45's and 12 cars didn't fit. Well, it did but some were on
>the
>ground.
>
>
>Ron
>
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