Re: [CBQ] Effie Dean

["Dave Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@bellsouth.net>]

Rupert,

 

Home now and have my references.  A Quad City Times article from April 1989 indicates that the trio who owned the MTZ were considering the name “Aunt Polly” for the 500.  A Chicago Tribune article from May 13, 1990, indicates no name had yet been applied. A Chicago Tribune article from May 6, 1997, says, “A fifth car, added to accommodate more passengers, remained nameless until five years ago, [1992] when Lorenzini met the late Albert Dean, who designed the Zephyr.   Lorenzini said he christened the car after the engineer’s wife, “a real sweetheart,” Effie Dean.”   

 

Dave

 

From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> On Behalf Of Rupert Gamlen
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 3:55 AM
To: cbq@groups.io
Subject: [CBQ] Effie Dean

 

Does anyone know when dinette-chair car #500 (ex-Pioneer Zephyr) was renamed Effie Dean. Was it when the Mark Twain Zephyr went to Wisconsin Great Northern?

Thanks

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

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