Re: [CBQ] Rapido Slumbercoach Update

["Bill Schultz via groups.io" <jwschultz9=aol.com@groups.io>]

Tom --

After the discontinuance of the last Black Hawk sleeper, Q (skirted DZ) Slumbercoaches ran sparingly in the BH in the off-season and between Chicago and Minneapolis while the Mainstreeter Chicago-Seattle Slumbercoach was (temporarily) abolished.  But overwhelmingly, the two CB&Q ex-NP/ex-NYC cars or any of the NP cars are what ran in the Black Hawk/Mainstreeter.

Last Black Hawk sleepers were Q (non-CZ) 10/6s, one car in each direction after March 1965.  DZ 10/6s were occasionally assigned in the off-season.

Bill Schultz

    

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From: Tom Mack via groups.io <thommack=yahoo.com@groups.io>
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Sent: Thu, Jul 14, 2022 1:15 pm
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Rapido Slumbercoach Update

Upon the discontinuance of the Black Hawk's remaining Chicago-Minneapolis Pullman (last departures March 31, 1968), Burlington established a BH Chicago-Minneapolis Slumbercoach on April 1. 

Bill,

This was great information on the BH Slumbercoach! Just to confirm: The BH Slumbercoach was a Q full skirt version, correct?

Second, could you supply more info on the Black Hawk Pullman? What cars were these? Any photos?

The BH is certainly a train that I have been toying with for my layout. It seems it had a lot of interesting consists, including the only photo I have seen to date of a Q FlexiVan car on the Chicago-Mpls/StP line.

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Tom Mack
Cincinnati, OH

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