IIRC when I was at Kato and contacted the BN to get the drawings for the
Burlington I ended up talking to the head of the Business Car Department and
he was based in Kansas City at the time (going on six years ago).
Charlie
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Barber" <clipperw@E...>
To: <hansons@b...>
Cc: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>; "Don L Zinnecker" <dzinnecker@j...>
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Q Business Car "Burlington"
> Thanks for the info. I assume you are talking about Murray Yard in
> N.K.C. I am familiar with that site and location for the car. I
> thought that the BNSF might have sold the car to a private party who
> had relocated the car in Overland Park. The only possibility that I
> could think of was that the RR might have moved it to their training
> facility at Johnson County Community College. However, I was pretty
> certain that the business car wasn't there unless it was moved
> recently. There is a BN caboose there although it is not part of the
> training facility, but rather part of a children's day care facility.
> The passenger car shop in Topeka is the BNSF's business car maintenance
> and storage facility, serving the same purpose as the Murray yard
> facility did for the BN before merger, I had an opportunity to visit
> the Topeka facility on business for GM/EMD in 1995. We were reviewing
> cars to be used on a GM board of directors train. Again, thanks. It
> sounds like the car is still available for RR use. I just purchased the
> Kato model and it is very well done.
>
> Bill Barber
>
> On Tuesday, January 7, 2003, at 09:01 AM, hansons@b... wrote:
>
> > Bill, Don and all,
> > I checked with a local member of the KC Rail Historical Society. His
> > information is that the former 'Burlington', now 'Mississippi River'
> > was for
> > years stored on BNSF tracks immediately west of (appropriately)
> > Burlington Ave.
> > in North Kansas City when not in service. A few years ago it was
> > moved to
> > Topeka, Kansas where it is now stored indoors in the old ATSF
> > passenger car
> > shop.
> > I can confirm the former North KC storage, as I often stopped in there
> > to
> > photograph the BNSF equipment that laid over there and often found
> > Mississippi
> > River there with a host of smooth side companions. On weekends, the
> > area was
> > fairly deserted and "visitors" could photo unmolested.
> > Roger Hanson
> > Kansas City, MO
> >
> >
> > Quoting Don L Zinnecker <dzinnecker@j...>:
> >
> >> Listers: Can anyone help Bill? Thanks, Don
> >>
> >> On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 18:15:23 -0600 William Barber
> >> <clipperw@e...> writes:
> >>> Mr. Zinnecker - I was just reviewing your Q passenger car roster of
> >>> existing equipment on the BRHS website and noted that former Q
> >>> business
> >>> car "Burlington" is shown as located in Overland Park, KS where I
> >>> live.
> >>> I have been here 16 years and have apparently overlooked it. In
> >>> fact,
> >>> when I was the EMD account manager on the BN, I believe the car was
> >>> still in service as the "Mississippi River". I think that I may have
> >>>
> >>> even ridden in it on one occasion. In any case, can you supply more
> >>> specific information as to its whereabouts here in Overland Park if,
> >>>
> >>> indeed, it still remains here. I would appreciate your assistance.
> >>> Best
> >>> wishes for a great holiday.
> >>>
> >>> Bill Barber
> >>>
> >>>
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