RE: [CBQ] Silver Veranda back in service on BNSF private business train

["Ray Bedard tczephyr@hotmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

I can not find any info on it coming to San Francisco Bay Area. Anyone have any idea where it will be parked? The old Southern Pacific San Jose yard, now UP yard, very close to Levi stadium, much closer than anything in San Francisco or Oakland.

If anyone has any info on its location, I would appreciate it.

Thanks,

Ray Bedard

---

To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 11:22:26 -0800
Subject: [CBQ] Silver Veranda back in service on BNSF private business train



It is great to see photos on a couple of internet websites of former CB&Q "Denver "Vista Dome Parlor Buffet Observation Lounge Car "Silver Veranda" on the road to the Super Bowl 50 after a refurbish job at the BNSF Topeka Shops.

The BNSF forces let "Silver Veranda" keep her original skirts and gave a new name to the car "Canyon View".  While it will always be "Silver Veranda" to me, I am just grateful the car is in good hands and hitting the road again.  Unfortunately sister car "Silver Chateau" received minor wreck damage in the 1980s and was scrapped in Indianapolis.

Built in 1956, "Silver Veranda" along with "Silver Buckle" and "Silver Brand" are three of the four last remaining Vista Domes built for the Denver Zephyr.  Silver Cup is reported scrapped and Silver Kettle may be intact still as property of VIA Rail Canada. Any updates from members is appreciated.

Hubert. 

__._,_.___

---

Posted by: Ray Bedard <tczephyr@hotmail.com>

---

Visit Your Group

• New Members 2

• Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use

__,_._,___