It is now sitting in pieces at the RELCO facility in
Minooka, Illinois. It is for sale through Rail
Merchants International. There is a nice article
about it at their website written by Dave Lotz. Here
is the link.
<http://www.railmerchants.net/mt-zephyr.htm>
Anyone want to buy it?
Bryan J. Howell
tubaman21@yahoo.com
--- Ken Martin <kmartin@cwia.com> wrote:
> Myron,
>
> 9903 is the engine unit on the Mark Twain Zephyr,
> the last of the fully
> articulated Zephyrs. It was built in 1935 with cars
> "Becky Thatcher",
> "Huckelberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer". It was built to
> run From
> Burlington, Ia. to St. Louis running through
> Hannibal, MO. Mark Twain's
> boyhood home. It was sold in 1960 and sat at Mt.
> Pleasant, IA for years,
> then it was sold and moved to Kansas City and sat,
> then it was sold
> again and moved to the Chicago area. I am not
> certain of the current
> status but believe it is for sale - again.
>
> Ken Martin
>
> draglineopr wrote:
> > Group:
> > I purchased a slide collection last week and in
> it was a slide of
> > 9903. On the name board it has "INJUN JOE" with
> unit #9903. The
> > slide is labeled CB&Q at Kansas City, MO. It was
> processed in Oct.
> > 1984. There are at least two cars behind the power
> unit. All of the
> > side windows on the power unit are blanked out.
> Does anyone know
> > anything about this unit?
> > Thanks in advance
> > Myron Dudenbostel
> >
>
>
>
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