Hi Don,
Silver Maple and Silver Larch are both own by the NRHS of St. Louis but are
no longer at the St. Louis Museum of Transportation. They were moved a cross
the river a couple of years ago because of insurance problems and are now
stored at Illinois Transit Assembly Corp.
John Lee
St. Louis, MO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don L Zinnecker" <dzinnecker@juno.com>
To: <CBQ@YahooGroups.com>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 11:25 AM
Subject: [CBQ] Silver Maple
> Passenger car buffs:
>
> Silver Maple was apparently a 16 section sleeping car built for the
> California Zephyr, delivered in October or November 1948 and numbered
> #400.
>
> Would this car have ever been used in service on other (lower priority)
> trains, especially prior to it's conversion to a chair car?
>
> For what it's worth, David Randall in his book The Passenger Car Library
> Vol. 1 - CB&Q says this about the Silver Maple and its counterparts,
> "All Section Sleeping cars were rare in the postwar era. The three
> railroads involved in operating the California Zephyr felt that there was
> still a market for the upper and lower berth. Actualy the cars lasted
> until the mid 1960s when they were converted to 48-seat coaches."
>
> The car was rebuilt in 1963 to chair car configuration and numbered
> #4742. My information suggests it's currently owned by the St. Louis
> Chapter NRHS, stored at the St. Louis Museum of Transportation, and
> undergoing restoration.
>
> Thanks for any info.!, Don
>
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