PRR 8352 BUSH RIVER (SOU) 10-6 4140 P-S 4140 6814 Sep-49 Oct-49
(DH = dead head)
PRR 8357 SCHUYLKILL RIVER (SOU) 4140 P-S 4140 6814 Sep-49 Oct-49
UP IMPERIAL ROCK 4-4-2 P-S 4069H 6668 Mar-42 Apr-42
UP IMPERIAL CAPE 4-4-2 P-S 4069H 6668 Mar-42 Apr-42
BLI didn't do the 1952 version of the CZ (or ARZ/Blackhawk) 10-6
At 10:57 PM 12/24/2008, you wrote:
>This is great info. I have started logging the consist info I received
>from Tim Wells into an Excel spreadsheet. I can tell you that the
>buffet-coach is always either Silver Garden or Silver Patio. The Q
>sleeper for the consists I have done so far has been either Silver
>Plateau or Silver Terrain (10-6 from the DZ). Silver Dale showed up in
>one consist designated as NW-1 (what does NW-1 signify?). It is the
>same plan as Silver Crag on the CZ. Did BLI ever do the 10-6 sleeper
>for the CZ?
>
>Very common has also been an GN Empire Builder coach in the 1215-1232
>series, and the NP slumbercoaches. Also, some interesting mail &
>baggage cars from UP, NYC, and PRR.
>
>There are a number of cars with names like Bush River and Schulylkill
>River. These are designated as "D.H." There are also cars designated
>as NW-1 or NW-2 with names like "Imp Rock" or "Imp Cape". I thought
>these might be PRR or NYC "Imperial" series sleepers, but I cannot
>find mention of these particular names in any books. Any help with
>this would be appreciated.
>
>Tom Mack
>Cincinnati, OH
>
>
>--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Cy Svobodny <ctsvobodny@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > john goodman <jhgoodman2001@...> wrote: Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008
>13:05:04 -0800 (PST)
> > From: john goodman <jhgoodman2001@...>
> > Subject: Re: Fwd: [CBQ] GN and NP Diners Mpls/StP to Chicago
> > To: Cy Svobodny <ctsvobodny@...>
> >
> > Cy: Please forward this to your CBQ group. I was
> > part of a group who owned a Soo Line business car #48
> > and kept it in the Mpls CBQ coach yard from 1963 until
> > 1968. I visited the yards several times a week to
> > check on our car. I became friends with the foreman
> > and most of the help in the yard. CBQ#48 Blackhawk
> > had two h/w diners (#172-176) that were the normal
> > diner-lounges on this train. Towards the late 1966
> > thru 1968 period these cars were replaced by two l/w
> > dome-lounge cars Silver Garden and Silver Patio.
> > These cars remained on the train until food service
> > was removed in late 1969 thru 1970. These cars were
> > the only food-liquor cars carried on the Blackhawk,
> > and no NP nor GN diners went beyond St. Paul thru to
> > Chicago. The CBQ food car was always on the rear
> > of the train leaving Mpls, so that the thru NP cars
> > off the Mainstreeter and the thru GN cars off the
> > Western Star had access to this CBQ food-liquor car
> > east of St. Paul. John Goodman
> > --- Cy Svobodny wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Tom Mack wrote: To:
> > > CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> > > From: "Tom Mack"
> > > Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:59:57 -0000
> > > Subject: [CBQ] GN and NP Diners Mpls/StP to Chicago
> > >
> > > Although the EB and NCL had their own
> > > diners, it would appear from
> > > some consist info I got from Tim Wells and checking
> > > a few NP and GN
> > > timetables I have that on the combined BH/MS/WS the
> > > only diner was the
> > > Q diner. That would seem to make sense since these
> > > were secondary
> > > trains and ran at night. Does anyone know if a GN or
> > > NP diner was ever
> > > part of the consist of the BH/MS/WS in the late
> > > 60's?
> > >
> > > Tom Mack
> > > Cincinnati, OH
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