Four Winds still exhists today, running tour groups on
AMTRAK. I have seen their name on trains 7 & 8
manifests during the summer months CHI to GPK & WGL,
thats Glacier Park East & West. CY
--- "Stephen J. Levine" <sjl@prodigy.net> wrote:
> September 7, 1968, was a sad day for the Westbound
> DZ, for on that
> day, the Chuckwagon was discontinued as a year
> around service and the
> domed observation parlor car was repositioned behind
> the diner.
>
> When I boarded the train that day to return to
> Denver to matriculate
> at the University of Colorado, tuscan red
> Pennsylvania Railroad
> sleepers carrying a Four Winds tour group (remember
> them?) graced the
> rear of the train with the last one carrying the
> markers. Up ahead,
> you could see the familiar stainless steel cars of
> the DZ.
>
> Replacing the Chuckwagon and ahead of the diner was
> the newly
> refurbished snack-counter coach Silver Chair, a
> former parlor car on
> the Twin Zephyrs. You could still smell fresh paint
> in the car.
>
> As I settled in my room in SC8, I was greeted by a
> mimeographed
> message from the Q management saying that they were
> "pleased to
> announce" (yeah, right) the new snack car service.
>
> The next morning, some of my fellow passengers
> mentioned that they
> had seen the eastbound DZ during the night, and the
> Domed obs still
> graced its end (presumably the Silver Veranda
> because the Silver
> Chateau was on our train.).
>
> Just a little bit of personal history for those
> interested.
>
> sjl
>
>
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