The reason why Argo and Olympus did not have the Silver prefix was because they were built for the Nebraska Zephyr. Their nomenclature was kept consistent with that of the ex-9905 and 9906 Twin Zephy
One, I can't see where Randall makes the mistake of adding the "Silver" prefix to Argo and Olympus ... both pages in my book for 906 and 907 refer to them correctly. He does, however, add that the Si
PeteThanks. I knew I saw it somewhere!!! Charlie I'm not Loren, but the Silver Treasure, as I understand it was built especially for the Silver Streak Zephyr which often used the Non boiler equipped
In the Randall book "From Zephyr to Amtrak" which I mentioned had the baggage cars listed as Silver Argo and Silver Olympus. I have heard from another person that Silver Post and Silver Page were sup
It never registered with me that Randall was the compiler of "From Zephyr to Amtrak"....it looks like a Wayner book and when I think of Randall I think of the Railroad Passenger Car series including
Actually, the D&RGW folios for the SILVER ANTELOPE show the following: Boiler Water Capacity, Gallons .......2,000 Which leads me to believe that they were set to carry water for boilers (in adjacent
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BobAs usual, you provide the final answers to the question. Thanks! Apparently, though, the tanks proved to be unecessary, troublesome (as they did on the NP with freezing of the connecting line comm
This is obviously going to need some further study. If they were "needed", then what happened when the "economy" baggage cars were substituted? Were the Havelock cars only used during those times whe
As far as the question of baggage cars, when there had to be a substitute baggage car on the CZ the only one I have ever seen a photo of was a Burlington Havelock baggage car. Of course I'm not sayin
When I took my first ride on the CZ, back in the early 50's, it was running a black Havelock baggage car. sjl As far as the Q F-3's go, they stayed together throughout most their service life. One re
I'd really question a "black" Havelock baggage car, dark green yes. John When I took my first ride on the CZ, back in the early 50's, it was running a black Havelock baggage car. sjl As far as the Q
I was still a toddler at the time, so dark green would have looked black to me. sjl When I took my first ride on the CZ, back in the early 50's, it was running a black Havelock baggage car. sjl As fa
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