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Rainier Rails · **Posted:** Sun Mar 24, 2019 4:22 am

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Photo #135: CB&Q baggage-messenger #907 Olympus (Budd, 1948, "Train of the Goddesses" Nebraska Zephyr) at Denver. Later Amtrak #1006, converted to HEP #1167 in 1980, wrecked in August 2001 on the southbound #21 Texas Eagle at Annapolis, MO, sold in 2003 and later scrapped.

Taken in Denver in 1972.

Rainier Rails · **Posted:** Wed Apr 03, 2019 12:00 am

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Photo #121: FW&D streamlined heavyweight Plan #3973D 10S-1DR-1C sleeper Lariat Range (ex-White Bear Lake, Lot #6338, 1930, streamlined in August 1940 for the Texas Zephyr) at Denver

Taken in Denver in 1962.

Rainier Rails · **Posted:** Thu Apr 04, 2019 3:17 am

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Photo #210: Class D78f streamlined heavyweight 32 seat diner-10 seat lounge #4498 (builder and year?) at Chicago

Taken in Chicago in 1965.

Rainier Rails · **Posted:** Fri Apr 05, 2019 7:13 am

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Photo #139: Texas Zephyr C&S 10 seat parlor-31 seat buffet lounge observation #640 Silver Flash (ex-CB&Q #230, Budd, 1936) at Denver. Part of the TZ set sold to the Civic Plaza National Bank in Kansas City, then to Saudi Arabia.

Taken in Denver in 1970.

Rainier Rails · **Posted:** Fri Apr 05, 2019 7:29 am

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Photo #150: 16 seat dome (8 parlor, 8 paired) 29 seat club lounge 13 seat Turquoise Room #501 (P-S, 1950, Super Chief, intended to be named Plaza Laguna). To Amtrak #9351, sold in 1984 to Espirit de Corp Sportswear, to GGRM, to Roy Thorpe, to John Baldwin, to Washington Central/Columbia Basin-Spirit of Washington Dinner Train #104 City of Seattle, sold in 2012 to Iowa Pacific and assigned to Santa Cruz & Monterey Bay. This photo dates from after 1957-58, as the #501 is riding on outside swing hanger trucks swapped from the 1957 Budd baggage cars.

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Photo #194: another view of Pleasure Dome #501, taken on the same date and at the same location as photo #150.

Taken in Denver in 1966.

Rainier Rails · **Posted:** Sun Apr 07, 2019 12:01 am

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Photo #92: CB&Q instruction car #10 (ex-87 seat commuter coach #7127, 1928/67)

Taken in Denver in 1968.

Rainier Rails · **Posted:** Sun Apr 14, 2019 12:27 am

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Photo #172: Hi-Level 72 seat chair #731 (Budd, 1964), to Amtrak #9931, rebuilt and converted in 1980 at Topeka Shops to HEP transition-40 seat chair-14 bunk dormitory #39931, sold in 2003 to Philip Sheridan-IFE Leasing, then to Chuck Crisler-King Publishing, then to Jim Stephenson (Houston).

Taken in Chicago in 1966.

Rainier Rails · **Posted:** Wed Apr 24, 2019 3:00 am

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Photo #154: 4DB-4C-2DR sleeper #1828 Regal Ring (P-S, 1948)

Taken in Denver in 1963. I had ID'ed the location some time ago (but as was true for several other slides in this thread, I had never posted as such); but, I just now ID'ed the date.

Rainier Rails · **Posted:** Mon Apr 29, 2019 4:39 am

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Photo #154: 4DB-4C-2DR sleeper #1828 Regal Ring (P-S, 1948)

Taken in Denver in 1963. I had ID'ed the location some time ago (but as was true for several other slides in this thread, I had never posted as such); but, I just now ID'ed the date.

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Photo #195: 4DB-4C-2DR sleeper #1835 Regal Vale (P-S, 1948). To Amtrak #2371, retired in 1981 and sold in 1982 to the Anbel Corporation.

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Photo #200: 4DB-4C-2DR sleeper #1827 Regal Pass (P-S, 1948). To Amtrak #2366, stored in 1977 and sold in 1981 to Rod Basich.

Realized by visual comparison (don't know why I didn't earlier) that these 2 slides of the Regal Vale and Regal Pass were taken on the same date in 1963 in Denver as that of the Regal Ring.

Rainier Rails · **Posted:** Mon Apr 29, 2019 4:46 am

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Photo #181: 36 seat diner #603 (P-S, 1950, Super Chief). To Amtrak #8072, retired and sold in 1981 to Naparano Iron & Metal Company (Newark, NJ).

Taken in La Junta, CO, in 1966.

Rainier Rails · **Posted:** Wed May 08, 2019 6:34 am

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Photo #141: Super Chief and El Capitan

Taken in La Junta in 1962.

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Photo #145: 72 seat Hi-Level chair #717 (Budd, 1956). To Amtrak #9957, converted in 1981 to HEP #39957, later modified for assignment to Heartland Flyer, stored in 2007.

Taken in La Junta in 1970.

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Photo #172: Hi-Level 72 seat chair #731 (Budd, 1964), to Amtrak #9931, rebuilt and converted in 1980 at Topeka Shops to HEP transition-40 seat chair-14 bunk dormitory #39931, sold in 2003 to Philip Sheridan-IFE Leasing, then to Chuck Crisler-King Publishing, then to Jim Stephenson (Houston).

Taken in Albuquerque in 1966. Previously incorrectly listed as taken in Chicago.

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AC&F lightweight Plan #6009 11DB sleeper #1601 Sun Cape (ex-Plan #9004 12RM-4DB sleeper Western Adventure, Lot #3069, 1950/65), sold in 1987 to SCD as #736 Iztaccihuatl.

Taken in Laramie on August 5th, 1966. Previously incorrectly listed as taken in Denver.

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