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Re: [CBQ] Silver Maple

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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Silver Maple
From: "John Lee" <BNJohn@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 12:44:19 -0600
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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>
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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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