Indeed, there was one former CB&Q car in the train, 11th car, originally
CB&Q 424 "Silver Shore".
Of the 19 cars, the original histories went, in order: SLSF, Pullman, E. F.
Hutton, Pullman, UP, MKT, RI, SP, CNW, CN, CBQ, SP, CN, PRR, PRR, UP, CP,
Pullman, PRR.
It was a pleasure to watch it leave the Union Station area on its way north.
Third one I've been able to watch, and as a veteran, was good to see the
wounded troops treated to this opportunity to see the Army-Navy via deluxe
transport and accommodations.
Regards -
N. L. Pitsch
NS Washington Dist. MP 32 Manassas/Moore
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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Gerald
Edgar
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 2:00 PM
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com; Lee Edgar
Subject: [CBQ] FW: Liberty Limited Rolls Again
Although not a CB&Q movement (may have been a ex-Q Budd car in the consist)
this patriotic train last week is a good reminder of the blessings we have
as a nation as Christmas draws closer. CB&Q was one of a number of RR's
that sponsored entire RR operating battalions during WWII with Q Pres. Ralph
Budd chosen by FDR to be the liaison between Washington and the AAR. His
name is emblazoned on a bronze plaque in Washington Union Station for his
efforts. Although many RR'ers qualified for deferments in WWII due to
'essential peacetime jobs', many enlisted anyway as car loadings, frt &
pass, hit record highs on track & with equipment worn down by the
Depression. As a result older men delayed retirement (my grandfather Loren
Lee Edgar @ Grand Crossing Shops in No. LaCrosse) and worked long hours.
Some even came out of retirement and of course women took some traditional
male RR jobs. RR's proudly displayed signs & blue/gold star emblems showing
the men who were serving and who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Annual
Reports and brochures and menus of the era showed the Q's dedication to
winning the War.
Remember our servicemen & women this Holiday serving in Iraq, Afghanistan,
So. Korea, under & on the water and overhead. Tks!!!
Liberty Limited rolls again for soldiers, sailors
Thursday, December 16, 2010
At 1,850 feet-19 private passenger cars and two classic EMD E-8
diesel-electric locomotives in the Pennsylvania Railroad's famous Tuscan
Red/gold pinstripe keystone livery-the Liberty Limited was a sight to
behold, roaring up the Northeast Corridor at 90 mph on December 10, on its
way from Washington D.C. to the 2010 Army-Navy football game in
Philadelphia.
Inside the gleaming private-varnish consist, with Liberty Limited operator
Bennett Levin's Pennsylvania 120 open-platform business/observation car
bringing up the markers, were 70 "Wounded Warriors"-U.S. Army, Navy, and
Marine Corps personnel from Walter Reed Army Hospital and Bethesda Naval
Medical Center. With them were 25 family members and guests, 24 military
support staff, 16 car owners (who donated use of their equipment), 42 food
preparation and wait staff, 30 crew members and police officers-"and no
politicians or media," according to Levin, who with wife Vivian and son Eric
(Conrail's Superintendent of Motive Power and rebuilder and caretaker of his
father's 1951-vintage E-8s), has operated this special trip three times at
the behest of U.S. military.
During the course of the all-day event, there were 225 breakfasts, 160
lunches, and 250 dinners served on board private cars that came from
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Maryland,
Connecticut, Arizona, and New Jersey. This included ground crews from CSX
Transportation and Conrail in Philadelphia, on site security and police
escorts, and SEPTA drivers.
Those who made the 2010 edition of the Liberty Limited possible, or who
donated to its operation, included:
. Financial support: Association of American Railroads, American Short Line
and Regional Railroad Association, Bachmann Trains, TD Bank, U.S. Army
Association, Army War College Foundation, United States Military Academy
Graduates Association, JAmerican Association of Private Railroad Car Owners,
Juniata Terminal Co., Inc.
. Breakfast: Corner Bakery, Washington, D.C.
. Lunch: Jack's Deli & Catering, Philadelphia . Transportation: Amtrak, CSX
Transportation . Train servicing: Amtrak, CSX Transportation, Conrail .
In-patient gifts: Jim Daly . SEPTA buses: Pat Deon . Books: Simmons-Boardman
Books/Railway Age, Kalmbach Publishing . Hotel rooms: Grand Hyatt,
Washington D.C.
. Giclee prints: Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia . Beverages: Philadelphia
Coca Cola, Ellis Coffee, Mueller Distributing Previous Liberty Limited
trains operated in 2005 and 2006. The original Liberty Limited was the
Pennsylvania Railroad's premier passenger train between Washington D.C. and
Chicago.
Click HERE to see a video of the 2010 Liberty Limited on the Northeast
Corridor at Newark, Del.
Click HERE to see a video of the 2010 Liberty Limited on the Northeast
Corridor at Bowie, Md.
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