| This afternoon, I followed up on a phone call from Charlie Martin where he mentioned to me that BNSF's other ex-CB&Q dome car had found itself outside for the first time in probably a decade. In this case, the other ex-Burlington dome that's around the shops is the Silver Veranda, that can be seen here: flic.kr/p/dnkZbi According to THE Dome Car site ( www.trainweb.org/railnewspb/Q/#4719 ), this car was the CB&Q 4719 Silver Ranch coach for California Zephyr - became BN 4683 (not applied), to Amtrak 9453 - retired 7/81, to Salt Lake Garfield & Western (1982), to Kasten Railcar 9453 (800036), reviewed by VIA for purchase but was declined due to fire/vandalism damage, to Northern Railcar, to Kasten Railcar, to BN 1 (not applied) (1991), then BNSF 22 - stored in Topeka KS (2000). Hopefully this one can come back to life at some point, as it's awfully tough to beat those old Budd cars. |