-Greetings group: I did a little figuring of my own regarding the Q's streamlined observation cars, I came up with a total of 27 cars if you include the business car and 2 C&S-FW&D cars. As far as I
Thanks for the information Duncan. What about SILVER BOWL and SILVER TRAY, I know that seated 32 instead of 24 in the dining section, do you know if they contained mid-car restrooms? Forward restroom
Thanks for the correction regarding ST. NICHOLAS MOUNTAIN, I should have checked my copy of Wayner's Car Names, Numbers and Consists more carefully. The EMPIRE BUILDER's MOUNTAIN series cars displaye
What was an "accommodation" train? I know that the term does not refer to the accommodations provided by a passenger train such as coach seats, roomettes or drawing rooms, but more to its schedule, s
I am curious about named cars owned by the CB&Q. Named platform observation café parlor cars built by Pullman 1901 ILLINOIS IOWA MINNESOTA NEBRASKA WISCONSIN Were these cars numbered as well? In the
Rupert, How is everything in New Zealand? Thank you for taking the time to explain the numberings of the particular named Burlington cars I was wondering about. I have a copy of the October 1926 Offi
Thanks Bob, Bill Glick's roster obviously includes Pullman equipment as Burlington Bridge, Burlington Light, Burlington House and Burlington Route, were Pullman owned and operated cars, built in 1926
Can someone please tell me if the book on Burlington streamlined observations was ever published? Did the Budd built streamlined diner observations SILVER STAR, SILVER SPIRIT, SILVER BOWL, SILVER TRA
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In the 1905 Official Railway Equipment Register are listed 2 cars that I am interested in learning more about; they are CB&Q 700 & 701, they are listed as observation cars. I have checked Pullman and
Rupert, Thank you. The information that the cars were coaches before being "observation cars" would seem to imply that the cars were either rebuilt to roofless open air "observation" cars or an obser
Hi, I was reading Patrick Dorin's book Everywhere West, about the Q. He says that for its 80th anniversary in 1930, the Aristocrat, the Black Hawk and the Ak-sar-ben were introduced and among the new
Bob, This is more or less what I thought, but I wasn't completely sure. I also suspect that the cars used on the Aristocrat, were BURLINGTON series built by Pullman in 1926. You have also answered an