Nostalgia & History > The GN Empire Builder 5 Hours Late at Whitefish, MT Feb. 1968

1. Great Northern EMD SDP45 329 built July 1967 became BN 9859 with the Empire Builder #32 5 hours late because of freight wreck ahead and seen at Whitefish, MT Feb. 28, 1968.  Bill Howes photo, Reid Adams collection

2. GN Empire Builder Great Dome 1393 "Lake View" seen at Whitefish, MT Feb. 28, 1968.  Bill Howes photo, Reid Adams collection

3. GN Empire Builder seen at Whitefish, MT Feb. 28, 1968.  Bill Howes photo, Reid Adams collection

 



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Very nice! Thanks for sharing these, it doesn’t seem like there are many photos of the Builder during the late 1960s.

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Crossley Lake is one of 6 Ranch-series lounges built by ACF for the Builder.  Their rough-hewn and stained wood-accented interiors were unique to say the least.  I know of one, Running Crane Lake, that survived into the '90s as a private car that operated on Amtrak but I don't know where it is today.  Perhaps someone here on TO can tell us.

Thanks for posting.

-John
 



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G.N. 1242 "Hidden Lake" is under restoration at Niles Canyon Railway. More info, including the car's history, G.N. Ranch Car brochures, and restoration progress are at https://www.ncry.org/about/collection/passenger/gn-ranchcar-hiddenlake1242/

- Doug Debs

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Very nice look back, Marty!!

texchief1

jcaestecker Wrote:
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> Crossley Lake is one of 6 Ranch-series lounges
> built by ACF for the Builder.  Their rough-hewn
> and stained wood-accented interiors were unique to
> say the least.  I know of one, Running Crane
> Lake, that survived into the '90s as a private
> car that operated on Amtrak but I don't know where
> it is today.  Perhaps someone here on TO can tell
> us.
>
> Thanks for posting.
>
> -John
>  

Running Crane Lake is restored and in use on the Albany & Eastern Railroad in Lebanon, Oregon. Before that, the owner stored it and his business car Casper Mountain in my employer's yard in Albany, Oregon.



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Loved the Big Sky Blue paint scheme!

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Gad, I hated the blue scheme.

tomstp Wrote:
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> Gad, I hated the blue scheme.

Same here! I was there in Minneapolis when it started in the summer of 1967.