Hi all,
Thanks to all that tried to answer my question. John Goodman on the
RRcarowners list came up with the final answer which I have copied below.
Sadly
enough the car met a sorry faith.
For those interested, here is the full roster of 1194 and her sisters:
www.greatnorthernempire.net/GNEGNRiverSeriesObservations.htm
Ben Ringnalda
www.greatnorthernempire.net
www.stnicholasmountain.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "john goodman"
> To: <RRcarowners@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 9:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [RRcarowners] What ever happened to (GN) CB&Q 1194 'Trail
> Coulee' observation?
>
>
> Ben: The 1194 was donated to some museum by CBQ/BN but
> was involved in a derailment enroute to be delivered
> to that museum. It was totaled in the derailment and
> scrapped. I remember seeing it in Trains magazine and
> the bad news. Car was never modified and was still
> intact as the full sleeper with just a small lounge in
> the very rear. This was probably over 30 years ago
> or more. John Goodman
>
> --- Ben Ringnalda <bringnal@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> For the 1947 version of the Empire Builder the GN
>> bought six 1-2-Buffet-Lounge-Observation cars
>> numbered 1190-1194 and named them in the 'River'
>> series. One of these cars was actually owned by the
>> CB&Q; 1194 'Marias River'. In 1955, with the
>> introduction of the Great Domes on the Empire
>> Builder, these cars were rebuilt as
>> 6-1-4-Lounge-Observation cars and renamed in the
>> 'Coulee' series. CB&Q 1194 was also rebuilt and now
>> named 'Trail Coulee'. When the GN took the
>> observation cars off the Empire Builder it had all
>> its 'Coulee' cars rebuilt by Pullman into 68 seat
>> coaches and numbered them 1300-1303 (in 1967-68).
>> The cars lost their round-ends in the process.
>>
>> Now what happened to the CB&Q car? Most probably it
>> didn't get converted into a coach like the GN owned
>> ones and ventured on as an observation car. The BN
>> passenger car roster in the 1972 BN Annual does not
>> list this car, indicating that it did not end up in
>> the BN merger which is very well possible as many
>> other former CB&Q owned 'GN' cars didn't. The 1972
>> Amtrak Car Spotter book does not list the car either
>> (although it is possible that 1194 might have joined
>> Amtrak at a later date).
>>
>> Does anyone know what ever happened to CB&Q 1194
>> 'Trail Coulee'? Where did she end up and is she
>> still around?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Ben Ringnalda
>> www.greatnorthernempire.net
>> www.stnicholasmountain.com
>>
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