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Passenger Trains > AAPRCO 21-Car Train Denver to Casper, WYDate: 09/13/16 13:44 AAPRCO 21-Car Train Denver to Casper, WY Author: cozephyr The American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners (AAPRCO) 21-car train passed Utah Junction (BNSF Front Range Subd & UP rails) north of Denver, CO, about 11:20 AM, Tuesday, September 13, 2016 under cloudy skies. Train was approaching Cheyenne, WY, about 2:30 PM. They will lay over at Casper, WY, the evening of September 13th. Amtrak 822 up front with Larry's City of Spokane - ex-Great Northern 1196-Port of Vancouver on the rear.
City of Spokane began service as a buffet parlor lounge observation, PPCX assigned Amtrak 800362, ex-Amtrak 3771 PORT OF VANCOUVER. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/13/16 13:47 by cozephyr.  Date: 09/13/16 14:03 Re: AAPRCO 21-Cars Author: cozephyr Leaving Denver, Colorado, September 13, 2016;
Yerba Buena ATSF 33 Burrard Puget Sound - dome. Car was built in 1955 (Budd) for the Great Northern Railway. The Puget Sound (GN-1323) traveled the Empire Builder route between Chicago, Seattle & Portland. It later did service on Amtrak's western routes (Amtrak 9463) until 1985 retirement. It was acquired by the current owners in the late 1990s and was completely refurbished as a dome/sleeper/diner in 2001. Sierra Hotel - dome Frisco lettered Cimarron River SLRG 1 Caritas Pacific Sunset Berlin Dearing - The Dearing, as she is now known, rolled out of the Pullman shops in 1925. She was originally named Thompson and was one of nearly 4,000 sleepers built and operated by the Pullman Company. The 12 section - 1 drawing room design was the single most popular Pullman floor plan. SP Birch Grove - “Birch Grove” was assigned SP number 9020. The first twenty Budd sleepers produced between 1948 and 1950 were identical and were numbered 9001-9020. The last five, 9021-9025, were blunt end sleepers designed to operate on the rear of the consist. In 2001 Brian Collins, current owner of the Cincinnati Railway and co-owner of the Cincinnati dinner train, purchased the car. Moonlight Dome - Dome now lettered Baltimore & Ohio L&N Hazard Perry Northern Lights Northern Sky - dome J P Henderson Wisconsin Pacific Sands Toga Pass Federal 1196 - City of Spokane, ex-Great Northern 1196-Port of Vancouver Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 09/13/16 14:21 by cozephyr. Date: 09/13/16 14:25 AAPRCO 21-Cars - On the Move September 13, 2016 Author: cozephyr Larrry's efforts have paid off in running the 2016 AAPRCO train over BNSF rails from Colorado thru Wyoming & Montana to Spokane, Washington.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/13/16 14:26 by cozephyr.  Date: 09/13/16 16:06 Re: AAPRCO 21-Cars - On the Move September 13, 2016 Author: dan Let an empty coalie go north in front of aarprco which is still in Chian 505pm
Posted from iPhone Date: 09/13/16 17:00 Re: AAPRCO 21-Cars Author: aronco Since you gave histories for some of the cars, here is the history for Tioga Pass:
The shell of the car was assembled by National Steel Car and then fitted out by Canadian National's Point St. Charles, Quebec shops in 1959. It was one of 12 similar cars. Originally assigned to the Mountain Division Vice President in Edmonton, Alberta, the car was sold in 1992. We purchased the car in 1997 and have extensively upgraded it inside and out. Since its Amtrak certification in 2003, Tioga Pass has traveled approximately 300,000 miles in the US and Canada. Norman Orfall Helendale, CA TIOGA PASS, a private railcar Date: 09/13/16 17:15 Re: AAPRCO 21-Cars Author: NH2006 Great stuff CZ!
Date: 09/13/16 22:33 Re: AAPRCO 21-Car Train Denver to Casper, WY Author: Odyssey Thank you for the original post ... and thanks to the other TO members for the "added" history. It is all appreciated!
Odyssey Evergreen, CO Date: 09/14/16 00:22 Re: AAPRCO 21-Car Train Denver to Casper, WY Author: GP25 How long would the normal running time be. between Denver and Casper?
Jerry Martin Los Angeles, CA Central Coast Railroad Festival Date: 09/14/16 08:33 Re: AAPRCO 21-Cars Author: Rider So which car is Mudrock The King Chris Guenzler riding in? Will he write us a story?
Date: 09/14/16 09:01 Re: AAPRCO 21-Cars Author: overland28 re: SP Birch Grove. Birch Grove (Amtrak No. 2696, then 2451, ex-SP 9020) was an Amtrack name; SP never named their LW sleepeiing cars.
The SP Budd Sunset sleepers were numbered 9000 thru 9029. 9025 thru 9029 were the blunt end cars for end-of-train service. All SP Budd sleepers were delivered between March 1950 and June 1950. Jeff Cauthen Date: 09/14/16 10:38 Re: AAPRCO 21-Cars Author: CA_Sou_MA_Agent Rider Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > So which car is Mudrock The King Chris Guenzler > riding in? Will he write us a story? I think it's safe to say this trip is a little bit out of his price range. It would be more realistic to expect a story of riding a Metrolink train from Santa Ana to Tustin because the very rare SCAX 800 is supplying the power. Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/15/16 11:08 by CA_Sou_MA_Agent. Date: 09/14/16 11:19 Re: AAPRCO 21-Cars Author: whistlepig To Norm: Is your car the one that sat in Barstow for so long?
Date: 09/14/16 12:52 Re: AAPRCO 21-Cars Author: aronco The car sat in Barstow for alomst 10 years. Here's a photo found online at http://cencalrails.railfan.net/tiogapass.jpg. The other two are before and after photos of the dining room.
Norman Orfall Helendale, CA TIOGA PASS, a private railcar    Date: 09/14/16 13:02 Re: AAPRCO 21-Cars Author: aronco Some more photos of the transformation inside the car. The first two photos are the original interior as received from CN. They were taken in 1999. The last photo is from 2014. Since then, new carpet has been installed.
Norman Orfall Helendale, CA TIOGA PASS, a private railcar    Date: 09/14/16 15:13 Re: AAPRCO 21-Cars Author: rrpreservation Great Stuff!! Thanks for sharing your photos!!!
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