[CBQ] American Royal Zephyr and Cafe-Coach cars

["William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>]

As part of the initial American Royal Zephyr service from Chicago to 
Kansas City-St. Joseph, the Brookfield to  St. Joseph section is listed 
as having a:
Cafe-59 seat Coach

Budd 52 seat Coach

Budd 6-6-4 Sleeper

Based on looking at the passenger car roster, it looks like the 
Cafe-Coach would have to be from cars 350-352. They had table seating 
for 6 and counter seating for 4.
According to Bill Glick's books, all three cars were rebuilt in 1937 to 
Cafe-Coaches from Coach cars 6119 (built July 1922 by Pullman), 6126 
(built August 1922 by Pullman) and 6136 (built August 1922).
Since this was a brand new train, I am wondering if the Cafe-Coach 
assigned to ARZ was painted silver to try to match the stainless steel 
cars (maybe even shadow-lined). Does anyone know?
Since the morning run was the only one in daylight, it appears photos of 
the train are rather scarce.
All three cars survived into the mid-late 1960s, so perhaps there are 
photos of the cars after the service on the ARZ ended.
Bill Hirt




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