Dave, If you look at old timetables, (I reviewed a 1956 Official Guide) Burlington's Equipment listing for scheduled passenger trains listed a "Diner-Lounge" on some trains. For example the "Aksarben
Dave, I see #172 and #176 in your posting. Thanks for the information. I hope to have a DA-5 for operation on the "Aksarben Zephyr" and stand by for the "American Royal Zephyr" and I will use the num
I have three words for the 2003 calendar which just reached Sacramento today. Excellent, Excellent, Excellent!!! Great job. Hubert [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
There is a good shot of the Vista Dome Denver Zephyr arriving Denver, Colorado in the video "Union Pacific Odyssey". Behind the DZ's Vista Dome Parlor Lounge Observation is a Havelock baggage car and
Justin, Check out a NYC Parlor Buffet Lounge from Budd (1949), and you'll see it closely resembles the Walther's Obs. Unlike the 6 Bedroom Observation cars like Wingate Brook, Bonny Brook, etc. Huber
I remember a few miles of the Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph right of way went past Winwood Beach in North Kansas City, near Gladstone, Missouri, and the right of way was visible for a few h
Hey Leo, What was Harvey (Fred Harvey) doing with a dining room in CUS? Wasn't he exclusively AT&SF? Perhaps I misunderstood your email. I read he pitched the idea to the Burlington in the 19th Centu
Don't have much luck with Yahoo, so you can delete this now. (E-9's were the last word in Passenger Power for Burlington the stainless steel fleet.) H.H. [Non-text portions of this message have been
Pete, Great story. Thanks for sharing with the rest of us. We just had an Amtrak Engineer retire here in Sacramento. He hired out with the SP in 1951 and was #1 on the Amtrak national seniority roste
Sounds like if you departed from Union Station, it was either the Burlington Route, or the Milwaukee Road to Kansas City. There your train would have been turned over to the Union Pacific to Ft. Rile
I don't live in the Midwest anymore, so I'm vague about tourist lines in the area. But on the February Walthers Terminal Hobby Shop cover, aren't those Burlington heavyweight chair coaches behind the
Gerald, While it's not considered California Rapid Transit, our Amtrak "Captitol" service is booming. We have just added a new round trip between Sacramento and Oakland bringing the total to 11 daily