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Date: 07/27/06 09:54
Saudi Zephyr
Author: jcaestecker

Greetings All,

The thread below on SCL 501 prompts me to ask about the pre-war Zephyr equipment set that went to Saudi Arabia back in the '60s. Anyone have details or pics regarding its current location, condition or fate?

Thanks,

-jcaestecker

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Date: 07/28/06 00:52
Re: Saudi Zephyr
Author: GP30

Wasn't there a small article in Trains magazine about the equipment in question, done back in the 1990's? I recall that and the RDC's that went over there being written about back then.

GP30

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Date: 07/28/06 10:11
Re: Saudi Zephyr
Author: 1702

A Google search came up with one website showing 2 articulated trainsets, 1 Denver Zephyr, l Nebraska Zephyr, being in storage as of 1999.

Another site listing Budd's production out of the Red Lion plant showed 3 RDC-2's built in 1951 for Arabian-American Oil Co. & another RDC-2 built 1955 for Saudi Government Railroad.

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