List,
The Silver Maple was sold by STL NRHS to the Heart of Dixie NRHS to
finance the restoration of the Silver Larch. The "Maple" had some
work done on it at IL Transit before heading off for HoD's demo
railroad in Calera, AL. The "Larch" is now Amtrak compatable and is
poised for an exciting summer charter season. Look for the Silver
Larch in some interesting places........................
Justin Sobeck
STL NRHS/American Rail Excursions
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "John Lee" <BNJohn@s...> wrote:
> 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@j...>
> To: <CBQ@Y...>
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
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