Nostalgia & History > Encore 23: South Dakota Central F w/copycat scheme

Here's my F unit contribution... the extremely rare South Dakota Central ; ^ )
Took this shot on Sept. 3,1992 ... I have it as Murdo SD .... anyone have a more accurate location? Update question: Is it still there ?(I asked this the last time I posted this too!)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/07/20 12:56 by valmont.

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It's located just off Interstate 90 at a place called 1880 Town that bills itself as being 22 miles west of Murdo, SD. That's a former MILW unit of the same number if anyone doesn't already recognize that.

It was still there two years ago when I drove by it. Still looked the same.

Milwaukee Wrote:
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> It's located just off Interstate 90 at a place
> called 1880 Town that bills itself as being 22
> miles west of Murdo, SD. That's a former MILW
> unit of the same number if anyone doesn't already
> recognize that.
>
> It was still there two years ago when I drove by
> it. Still looked the same.

Thank you!

They also have 3 ex-AT&SF lightweight passenger cars that came from the same owner, J.W. Kerslake, who owned the original Super Chief diner, #1474 Cochiti (Budd, Lot #967, 1937, to Kerslake in 1968), now at CSRM. All 4 cars, including the #1474, were originally at the Bucksnort Junction Restaurant in Tea, SD, with 3 of the 4 being moved by J.W.'s son Wayne to Prairie Village in Madison, SD, in 1979, and then resold/(re)-moved to 1880 Town in Midland, SD, in 1981.

Diner #1482 (Budd, Lot #976, 1937, to Kerslake in 1970).

Lunch counter diner #1552 (Budd, Lot #9627-013, 1948, to Kerslake in 1969).

Baggage-express #3419 (AC&F, Lot #2855, 1947, to Kerslake in 1968).

Sources:

1. "Streamliner Cars Volume Two: The Budd Company" by W. David Randall (RPC Publications, 1981)

2. "Streamliner Cars Volume Three: ACF - Other Builders" by W. David Randall (RPC Publications, 1982)

3. AT&SF surviving lightweight thread on RYPN: http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=36584



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/08/20 13:42 by Rainier_Rails.