When I looked at the Silver Chair on #1, on Sept. 7, 1968, on what was probably
her first run after refurbishing, the snack bar was in the back of the car with
the seats facing forward. The car, incidentally, still smelled of fresh paint.
The #1 I was on was the first to run without the Chuckwagon (other than when
the car was in the shop) and with the observation-lounge car midtrain behind
the diner. When I boarded the train at Union Station, a
we-are-pleased-to-announce flyer describing the Chuckwagon's replacement with
the snack bar awaited me on the seat of my room in the Silver Slumber. The
next morning, passengers who had seen #10 as it passed in Omaha reported that
it still had the Obs at the end of the train, indicating that ours was probably
the first run with the snack car. The car was located immediately ahead of the
diner.
The discrepancy between my observations and those of Phil Stepek are most
likely due to coach seats in the car being rotating seats.
sjl
GLEN HAUG <glenehaug@msn.com> wrote:
Just the information I was looking for! Thanks Hubert and Phil.
Glen Haug
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Stepek<mailto:pstepek@mindspring.com>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com<mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 9:31 PM
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Re: CB&Q Ltwt Budd Flat Top Parlors Silver Chair and Parlor
Silver chair seats face the galley, vestibule to the rear
the car still exists, i have been in her and have photos
> [Original Message]
> From: Hubert Hanrahan
> <domelinerdude@yahoo.com<mailto:domelinerdude@yahoo.com>>
> To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com<mailto:CBQ@yahoogroupscom>>
> Date: 12/12/2006 10:21:27 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] Re: CB&Q Ltwt Budd Flat Top Parlors Silver Chair and Parlor
>
> Glen,
>
> In Wayner publications "Amtrak Car Diagrams," a variety of floor plans
> are shown including those of many former CB&Q Passenger cars. Included
> is the floor plan after 1968 of Silver Parlor and Silver chair.
>
> The small galley was built in the former Drawing Room, and the coach
> section included 52 coach seats. The diagram shows the seats facing
> the vestibule with the drawing room behind them.
>
> Hubert Hanrahan
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com<mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>, "zephyr98072"
> <glenehaug@...> wrote:
> >
> > I am looking for an interior seating arrangement for these flat top
> > parlors after they were converted to dinette coaches in 1968 (how
> many
> > coach seats, direction they were facing, and location and/or size of
> > the small kitchen that I understand was placed in the cars.
> >
> > Glen Haug
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
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