Appreciate the response to my question about the Silver Pendulum.
When were numbers 15 and 2 discontinued and a Burlington-Chicago coach behind
the Observation car on the DZ substituted? Was the Silver Pendulum removed
from service when these trains were discontinued, or before?
sjl
--- On Tue, 10/28/08, Robert Bullermann <rwb@wi.rr.com> wrote:
From: Robert Bullermann <rwb@wi.rr.com>
Subject: Re: CBQ 6000 Silver Pendulum Re: [CBQ] A matter of Zephyr
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 3:19 PM
My word, I photographed the CB&Q Silver Pendulum at the Aurora shops in June of
1965, not knowing it was about to be scrapped. Bob Bullermann
----- Original Message -----
From: Norm Metcalf
To: cbq@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 2:43 PM
Subject: CBQ 6000 Silver Pendulum Re: [CBQ] A matter of Zephyr
HOL WAGNER wrote:
> Norm:
>
> You can respond to this for me.
>
> Company records show the 6000 (Silver Pendulum) as scrapped at Aurora in
> June 1965.
>
> Hol Wagner
>
> > Charlie Vlk wrote:
> > I recall seeing the Silver Pendulm on the south side of the main
> around Halsted Street in my daily Dinky commutes in about the 1965
> timeframe.
> > Ditto for Zephyr Tower, but not together IIRC.
> >
> > The three Pendulum cars (Santa Fe, Great Northern, and
> Burlington) differed from each other. Precision Scale (or one of the
> > specialty brass importers) did accurate HO models of the cars and
> they had good pictures of the prototypes in their advertisements
> > in Mainline Modeler. They varied in construction details as
> well as window placement.
> >
> > Charlie Vlk
> >
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