Gents
Thanks again for the information. On
the subject of books, last night I found a non-Google copy of The Story of the
Pullman Car written in 1917 at http://www.archive.org/details/storyofpullmancahusb I've
also found an Arthur Dubin article on the Limited in "Trains" of August
1970. However, there is no indication in the article as to
ownership.
The reason I thought that St
Paul, Alma and Winonna (together with Minneapolis, Maiden Rock and Savanna) were
owned by Burlington as they had CB&Q numbers ( 500, 366, 402, 501,
401, 369) in Bill Glick's Roster, as did Wisconsin (#304")
Would the allocation of a number guarantee
that it was owned by the Burlington or is that another fraught generalisation?
Piecing together the information would
suggest that all the cars may have been owned originally by Pullman, but the
non-sleepers were later sold to Burlington.
Rupert
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Pullman and sleeping
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John, Bob and Rich
Thank you for your responses and information. It's more
complicated that I anticipated so I'll come back with more queries
later.
In passing, I've just found an
1897 article about a train built for the Chicago - St Paul
service (Burlington Limited)
"Probably the finest train of cars in the world
was recently completed at the Pullman Car Works for service on the
CB&Q. The names of these cars were "St Paul" for the composite car,
"Parthenon" for the straight sleeper, "Apollo" for the compartment car, "Alma"
for the chair car and "Winona" for the day coach." (I note there is no mention
of dining cars.)
The article, which
includes a photo of the train and interior shots, extols the quality of
equipment and their beauty. Would I be correct, then, that Parthenon
and Apollo (together with Pantheon and Angelo) were owned by Pullman and the
other cars were owned by the Burlington?
Thanks again
Rupert
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