Passenger Trains > Charter Manufacturing "Golden Moon" & "Imperial Leaf"

NIRC 10 moves Charter Manufacturing's Private Cars "Golden Moon" and "Imperial Leaf" out of LaSalle Street Station and down the Rock mainline to Blue Island this morning.

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Shoving into Blue Island IAIS yard to await pickup. Enjoy. 

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Cars are en-route to the Iowa Interstate?? 

Nice selection of pictures from my old stomping grounds.
Thank you.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/10/25 12:34 by Englewood.

Thanks, Seth— excellent series! I was a 7 yr-old kid with my family in April ‘71 riding ICRR’s “City of Miami” from Chicago to its namesake city and our car was the “Belleville”— an 11-BR sleeper built by P-S in 1953.
The “Belleville” would someday be rebuilt into the “Imperial Leaf” seen here in your fine photos. A couple of years ago, I was switching these two cars at the Oakland coachyard and a friendly attendant welcomed me aboard. I told him my story and he said that was a first for him— meeting someone who rode it during its Illinois Central years.
Would be interesting to see if anyone else on Trainorders has a similar experience to share?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/10/25 15:01 by IC_2024.

Cool! Where are they being moved to upon pick-up?

Tom Loftus
Omaha, NE

silvis someone said on f/b

IC_2024 Wrote:
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> Thanks, Seth— excellent series! I was a 7
> yr-old kid with my family in April ‘71 riding
> ICRR’s “City of Miami” from Chicago to its
> namesake city and our car was the
> “Belleville”— an 11-BR sleeper built by P-S
> in 1953.
> The “Belleville” would someday be rebuilt into
> the “Imperial Leaf” seen here in your fine
> photos. A couple of years ago, I was switching
> these two cars at the Oakland coachyard and a
> friendly attendant welcomed me aboard. I told him
> my story and he said that was a first for him—
> meeting someone who rode it during its Illinois
> Central years.
> Would be interesting to see if anyone else on
> Trainorders has a similar experience to share?

The former IC "Belleville" is owned by Charter, but named "St. James Place", which runs with a former UP dome, named "Charter Club".  The "Imperial Leaf" is a former C&NW 4-4-2 sleeper of the same name.  The "Golden Moon" was an SP 4-4-2 sleeper built for the Golden State Limited pool, with the same name.  Both cars were built in 1942.