As noted in David Randall's "Passenger Car Library Volume
1", page 91, Silver Treasure was part of a 3 car order from Aug
1945 and delivered in Feb 1948. Number 908, Silver Treasure was a
"spare car, probably used on the CZ". From the photos of Silver
Treasure, and Argo from the same order, they do appear to be the same
as the CZ baggage cars. Also, the CZ baggage cars, Silver Bear,
Buffalo and Coyote did NOT have CZ on the letter board. What was on
the letter board was "BURLINGTON".
Ray Bedard
San Jose CA
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: railbass@comcast.net
Date: Wed, 24
Oct 2012 17:59:08 -0600
Subject: [CBQ] Silver
Treasure
I just received a BWL unlettered CZ vistadome observation, which
I am lettering Silver Penthouse with Microscale
RH-108. In the instructions for the decal, there is a
photo of a baggage car which looks identical to the CZ baggage cars,
but it is lettered Burlington and Silver
Treasure. It also indicates that it was not part of
the original CZ order and did not have CZ lettering or CB&Q on the
car ends. What was this car purchased for and how was it
used? Did it operate in the CZ or in some other
Zephyr consist? Was it identical to the CZ Budd
cars?
- John Manion
Denver, CO