I'm sending the photos in two separate messages, as all together Yahoo won't
accept them.
Chris:
Yeah, there are four photos of the Aleutian in the Barriger collection -- all
taken in Wyoming. And I was very pleased to find them -- see flipped and
cleaned up copies attached. The car was purchased by the Q in 1940 from the
Copper River & Northwestern Railroad of Alaska, where it had been numbered 100
and was the private car of copper magnate Stephen Birch. Why the Q named it
Aleutian is baffling, since it never came within 700 miles of the Aleuts and
the Aleutian Islands while it was in Alaska. These are the only shots I have
seen of this car on the Q before it was rebuilt and modernized at the Aurora
shops in 1952, so they were quite a find for me. The Q sold the car to the
Missouri Portland Cement Co. in 1966, and when they were through with it it was
donated to the National Museum of Transport in St. Louis.
Hol
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: tcatkins@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:23:54 -0600
Subject: Re: [CBQ] CB&Q Barriger Photos, CONSOLIDATED INDEX - More additions
By the way, if #387 is in Thermop, then
so is 386, which shows the side business car Aleutian.
Looks like it is at the St. Louis Transportation Museum. I don't
know anything about this car, but there is a blurb about it here:
http://www.jeffstrainsite.com/railfan_pics/railroad_museums/stlouis/passenger_index.html
I'm sure one of you knows all about it.
Chris Atkins
Lewisville, TX
On 2/19/14, 1:50 PM, archie hayden wrote:
CHRIS, # 387 HAS THAT SAME HILLSIDE SIGN BUT THE MOST
INTERESTING ASPECT OF THE IMAGE WAS THE BURLINGTON ROUTE
STENCILED STEP STOOL THEY ARE USING. I HAVE NEVER SEEN
THAT SPECIFIC STENCIL BUT THE ONE I HAVE HAS BURLINGTON
OVER THE OVAL OPENING AND ROUTE UNDER IT. BOTH SEEM TO BE
TWO TONE WITH WHITE TOP AND PULLMAN GREEN BOTTOM. ARCHIE
CB&Q Office Car Aleutian, Rear End, Thermopolis, Wyo., 1940s, J.W. Barriger III photo CB&Q 390.jpg
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CB&Q Office Car Aleutian, Thermopolis, Wyo., 1940s, J.W. Barriger III photo CB&Q 386.jpg
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