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Hol, Thanks for posting the CB&Q Observation drawings and photos for #220 and #340. Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ --Original Message-- From: Richard Wilkens <railsnw123@comcast.net> To: CBQ <CBQ@groups.i
All, I'm trying to find information on two observation cars purchased from the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway. These were steel heavyweight cars and were SP&S 570 and 571 and were built by Barne
Richard According to Bill Glicks Passenger Car Roster - SP&S 570 became CB&Q 220 Mississippi in June 1934, renumbered to 340 in 11-19346 and rebuilt as a buffet-parlor-observation. Again rebuilt as c
Rupert, I believe observation car Mississippi no. 220 was also involved in the disastrous Naperville wreck in 1946. If memory serves, it was the last car in the Advanced Flyer consist, which was hit
Rupert, I believe observation car Mississippi no. 220 was also involved in the disastrous Naperville wreck in 1946. If memory serves, it was the last car in the Advanced Flyer consist and totally des
Thanks Rupert. I'm still thinking this has a few areas that need clarification. CB&Q 220 "MISSISSIPPI" Purchased from SP&S as the 570 and placed in service at CB&Q 220 in June 1934 Rebuilt as Buffet-
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I sat in that car at west Quincy the night of December 27, 1953 waiting for the Zephyr Rocket to take me to St; Louis....right after my "Adventure on the American Royal" episode chronicled in the mos
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I sat in that car at west Quincy the night of December 27, 1953 waiting for the Zephyr Rocket to take me to St; Louis....right after my "Adventure on the American Royal" episode chronicled in the mo
According to Glicks Burllington Business car diagrams It became the BN The Round-Up, and was sold to the Canadian National April 1972. It was sold by the CN to Bombardier Ltd., and re-sold to Ron Sal
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Steve, Go to the Meetings page of the BRHS website and scroll down the page to see the Ladies event information. Dave --Original Message-- From: CBQ@groups.io [mailto:CBQ@groups.io]On Behalf Of Steve
According to "The Tragedy at Loomis Street Crossing" (which admittedly was much more concerned with the human toll than the equipment), the Mississippi was actually followed by NP 1376 on the Advance
Richard: Sorry it's taken me so long to put all this together, but I think I've answered your questions by adding to and correcting the data below. Note that the car name "RIVERVIEW" is one word, not
I suppose I should have mentioned that Mississippi Riverview was the name of the Chicago-Twin Cities pair of trains for which these two cars were purchased from the SP&S. Hol From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ
Also, here are a couple of photos of the "Mississippi" after the Naperville collision of April 25, 1946. The railroad had no need for the car in revenue service at the time, so it was left sitting at
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Ken: It's my understanding that, due to the high levels of passenger traffic during WWII, the Office of Defense Transportation urged all the railroads to come up with additional coaches. And since th