The Round Up has been found. She is currently located in Landisville, PA and
will be heading to Gateway Railcar soon over NS for repairs. Ken Bitten,
president of Classic Rail Cars had this to say about the car under Classic's
ownership.
The car had operated on the Northern Central Railway at New Freedom, PA and the
Indian Head Central Railway at Indian Head MD, and was shipped to Mid Atlantic
Rail Car for storage in 2001. This car is presently at Landisville, PA on the
Landisville Railroad. It is about to be shipped via NS to Gateway Rail Car in
Madison IL for fluting and window repair. We are also in the process of
upgrading the air conditioning system and installing a secondhand diesel
generator. Its status after repairs at Gateway are completed has not yet been
determined.
Hopefully The Round Up will be around for many years to come after these
repairs.
Bryan J. Howell
tubaman21@yahoo.com
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From: Bryan Howell <tubaman21@yahoo.com>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, January 27, 2010 9:52:00 PM
Subject: [CBQ] The Round Up
I sent a query to a Canadian Railfan and he was able to come back with this
about The Round Up.
Per "Lepkey & West", she became CN 4 (second), seemingly in 1970, became CN 95
(fourth) in Oct 1975, became CN 15111 (third) in Mar 1979, was retired in Sep
1983; sold to Bombardier in Jan 1984, sold to Private Rail Co. in Toronto (Ron
Salisbury) and renamed PRLX 1915 - Northern Lights in 1986. Sold to Classic
Rail Cars, Fairlawn, NJ, in 1994 (per "Private Varnish"). "Branchline" has it
sold to a private owner in Pennsylvania in 1994.
The trail ends with Classic Rail Cars, who do have a mention of Northern Lights
in this picture. http://classicrail. com/images/ lights.JPEG Classic Rail
Cars have not updated their website since 1999, so who knows what the current
status is. I'm trying to contact the person listed on the site to try and find
out more info. The note that the car went to the Northern Central Railway was
partially true. It was owened by Classic Rail Cars and ran on the Northern
Central, which has since gone out of business. I can find no listing of the
Northern Lights in the AARPCO listings and do not have access to the RPCA
listing, so don't know if it possibly shows up on there.
Bryan J. Howell
tubaman21@yahoo. com
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