Hey Loren,
A couple of months ago while surfing the web, I ran across a railcar
sales site that had the Roundup listed for sale.
I think I accessed that site through the St. Nicholas Mt. car
website.
I can't remember the exact asking price, but thought it was really
affordable, even for a broke guy like me. (I can dream can't I?)
I believe they were asking $100K or so for it.
Later,
Greg K
Minnesota
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Aeolus3@... wrote:
>
> In the Randall book "From Zephyr to Amtrak" which I mentioned had
the
> baggage cars listed as Silver Argo and Silver Olympus. I have
heard from another
> person that Silver Post and Silver Page were supposed to carry the
names Aurora
> and Aeolus.... however I've never seen that in print anywhere.
>
> Also the 1936 Twin Zephyr equipment carried a steam boiler in the
power
> cars. I believe that equipment remained when both sets were
refurbished for
> Nebraska Zephyr service. Business car Burlington and Round Up I
never considered
> to be a part of the passenger fleet. Does anyone know if the
Round Up is still
> around, I know it was sold to the CN if memory serves. I do know
one thing
> though Round Up must have ridden like a Caddy... since it was a
heavy weight
> covered in stainless steel. I remember seeing that car on the Q
it looked like
> a battleship! It's a shame the Aurora Shops weren't still around,
the ex
> Empire Builder full dome that the BNSF covered in fluted
stainless would have
> looked so much better. Does anyone know it they removed the
original stainless
> steel and replaced it? Or did they just cover the exterior with
fluted
> stainless. It looks like something out of a child's erector set.
>
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