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Lightweight Passenger Cars

First PROSPECTOR Cars
M-1 John Evans-David Moffat     Budd 1941 self-propelled coach / 2-8 sleeper-buffet-observation
M-2 Brigham Young-Heber C. Kimball     Budd 1941 both withdrawn 1942, returned 11-45?

 

CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR Cars
1100 Silver Antelope   baggage Budd 1948 To ACR in 1974
1105 Silver Bronco   dome-coach Budd 1948  
1106 Silver Colt   dome-coach Budd 1948 To Amtrak in 1983
1107 Silver Mustang   dome-coach Budd 1948 To Amtrak in 1983
1108 Silver Pony   dome-coach Budd 1948 To Amtrak in 1983
1115 Silver Banquet   diner Budd 1948 To Amtrak in 1983
1116     diner ACF 1949 ex-UP; acquired in -79 for protection
1120 Silver Aspen   16 open sect sleeper Budd 1948  
1121 Silver Pine   16 open sect sleeper Budd 1948  
1120-1121     chair Remodeled 1964 both converted to coaches, To Amtrak 1983
1130 Silver Pass   10-6 sleeper Budd 1948 To NdeM in 1971
1131 Silver Summit   10-6 sleeper Budd 1948 To NdeM in 1971
1132 Silver Gorge   10-6 sleeper Budd 1948 To NdeM in 1971
1133 Silver Creek   10-6 sleeper Budd 1948 To NdeM in 1971
1134 Silver Glacier   10-6 sleeper Budd 1948 To NdeM in 1971
1135 Silver Gull   5-6 sleeper Budd 1952 To NdeM in 1971
1140 Silver Shop   dorm-buffet-lounge-dome Budd 1948 Traded to VIA in 1987 for Tempo cars
1145 Silver Sky   1-3 sleeper-buffet-lounge Budd 1948 Traded to VIA in 1987 for Tempo cars
    -dome-observation      
1145     buffet-lounge-dome-observation Remodeled 1974 bedrooms removed

 

Second PROSPECTOR & ROYAL GORGE Cars
1200-1202     RPO-baggage-express Pull 1950 1200 to D&H -67, 1201 & 1202 to ACR in 1974
1210-1212     baggage-express Pull 1950 To D&H 10-67
1230-1231     baggage-dorm-coach Pull 1950 Remodeled w/dormitory section upon delivery
          later to RG ZEPHYR service
1240-1247     coach Pull 1950 5 cars To D&H 10-67, 2 cars To PC 1970
1240       Remodeled 1951 To #100 Wilson McCarthy
1248-1250     dome-coach-lounge-observation Budd 1948 ex-C&O, acquired in 1949
1248-1250     dome-coach Remodeled 1953 lounge replaced w/coach seats
1270 John Evans 2nd 5-5-6 sleeper Pull 1950 }-All built as 10-6 sleepers
1271 David Moffat 2nd 5-5-6 sleeper Pull 1950 } remodeled in 1950-51 to 5-5-6
1272 Brigham Young 2nd 5-5-6 sleeper Pull 1950 } All To Chihuahua al Pacifico 196?
1273 Heber C. Kimball 2nd 5-5-6 sleeper Pull 1950 }
1280 Mt. Timpanogos 2nd diner-lounge Pull 1950 To D&H 10-67
1281 James Peak 2nd diner-lounge Pull 1950 To D&H 10-67
1290 Castle Gate   counter-buffet-lounge Pull 1950 To D&H 10-67
1291 Royal Gorge 2nd counter-buffet-lounge Pull 1950 To PRR/PC 10-67
1292 Eagle Canon 2nd counter-buffet-lounge Pull 1950 To PRR/PC 10-67

 

Second SKI TRAIN Cars ex-Via Rail in 1987, new CN Tempo cars
420 North Park   cafe-lounge HS 1968 VIA 341
421 Winter Park   cafe-lounge HS 1968 VIA 342
425 Colorado Springs   parlor-club HS 1968 VIA 321
426 Glenwood Springs   parlor-club HS 1968 VIA 322
427 Idaho Springs   parlor-club HS 1968 VIA 323
430 La Plata Peak   coach-snack HS 1968 VIA 324
431 Pikes Peak 2nd coach-snack HS 1968 VIA 363
432 Pyramid Peak   coach-snack HS 1968 VIA 361
433 Shavano Peak   coach-snack HS 1968 VIA 364
440 Mount Bierstadt   coach HS 1968 VIA 320
441 Mount Elbert 3rd coach HS 1968 VIA 362
442 Mount Evans   coach HS 1968 VIA 366
443 Mount Massive 2nd coach HS 1968 VIA 373
444 Mount Princeton 3rd coach HS 1968 VIA 371

Steel Heavyweight Cars

Head end Cars
1600-1624     express reefer, 53ft (suf) ACF 4 -29 To REA -43
620-629     bag-mail, 6-axle, 70ft ACF -14 622,26,28,29 Ret -52
630-631     bag-mail, 6-axle, 71ft ACF -30 630 To X-3336 in -69/70
632     bag-mail, 4-axle, 71ft Pull -13 ex-D&SL #560
633     bag-mail, 6-axle, 72ft ACF -29 ex-D&SL #561
686-695     bag, 4-axle, 61ft ACF -10 Re# To 700-series by 1926
700-739     bag, 4-axle, 61ft ACF -10 Re# from 686-695 + WP 101-130 1915-26
715     ski-rack Rmod -58  
717     ski-bar Rmod -? set up inside temporarily, Ret -52
722     bag-dorm Rblt -47? streamlined roof, Ret -52
729     bag-dorm Rblt -47 streamlined roof
738     bag-dorm Rblt -47? streamlined roof
738     ski-bar Rmod -53  
730-734     bag, 6-axle, 70ft B&S -10 Rblt from combines 980-984 1920
740-744     bag, 4-axle, 70ft B&S -10 Re# from 730-734, (4-axle trucks from Pull coaches)
743     bag, 6-axle, 70ft B&S -10 To Orange Empire Rwy Museum
745     bag, 6-axle, 70ft ACF -29 ex-D&SL #600, To Orange Empire Rwy Museum

 

Combines
980-989   1st combination bag-buffet-library B&S -10 ex-WP 801-810 1911-16, 5 Rblt to bag 740-744 1920,
      6-axle, 70ft     5 Rblt to obs-lounge -26, -28

 

Coaches
888-898     coach, 4-axle, 70ft Pull -10 Re# into 900-950 by -26
899     coach, 4-axle, 70ft Pull -10 ex-WP by 1915, Re# into 900-950 by -26
900-950     coach, 4-axle, 70ft Pull -10 Re# from 888-898 + WP 301-340 1915 -26
906     coach     lettered SKI TRAIN ca. 1949
950-954     coach, 4-axle, 70ft Pull -10 Re# from 900-950, Rmod -37, 951 & 954 To ACR -49
955     coach, 4-axle, 65ft Pull -13 ex-D&SL 901, To ACR -49
956-957     dinette-coach, 4-, 65ft Pull -13 ex-D&SL 900, 902, Rmod -39, To ACR
960-979     coach, 4-axle, 70ft Pull -10 Re# from 900-950, Rmod -34/35/37
978     coach     Rmod to X-200 8-51
980-985   2nd coach-dinette, 4-70ft Pull -10 Re# from 900-950, Rmod -36/37, -43
1000-1001     coach, 4-axle, 70ft Pull -10 Re#, ex-932,933, Rblt -39; Ret 3-68,1001 To Rifle CO
1002-1004     coach, 4-axle, 70ft Pull -10 Re#, ex-923, 945, 9?? Rblt -39,Ret<67
1005-1006     coach, 4-axle, 70ft Pull -10 Re#, ex-900-950s, Rmod -55
1007-1009     coach, 4-axle, 70ft Pull -10 Re#, ex-900-950s, Rmod -56
1010     coach, 4-axle, 70ft Pull -10 Re#, ex-900-950s, Rmod -57
1011-1018     coach, 6-axle, 71ft Pull -15 ex-NP 1210?1227 in 1960 for SKI TRAIN, sold 1987

 

Diners
1015 Mt. Elbert *1 diner, 78ft (suf) B&S -10 ex-WP Sacramento 11-23, *To James Peak 5-35
1016 Mt. Massive   diner-lounge, 78ft B&S -10 ex-WP Stockton 11-23, Rblt -36, Re# 802 -?
1017 Mt. Harvard   diner-lounge, 78ft B&S -10 ex-WP Humbolt 11-23, Rblt -36, To X-3276 4-53
1018 Mt. Yale   diner-lounge, 78ft B&S -10 ex-WP Oakland 11-23, Rblt -36, Ret -52, To X-3275
1019 Mt. Princeton 1st diner-lounge, 78ft B&S -10 ex-WP Nevada 11-23, Rblt -35, To X-3274 6-52
1020 Mt. Antero   diner-lounge, 78ft B&S -10 ex-WP San Francisco 11-23, Rblt -36, To 803 -?
1021 Mt. Timpanogos 1st diner-lounge, 78ft B&S -10 ex-WP Pacific 11-23, Rblt -36, To #1303 7-50
1022 Mt. Nebo   diner, 78ft (suf) B&S -10 ex-WP California 11-23, Ret 7-45, To X-3272 -47
All 8 cars purchased by the D&RG for WP service; steel underframes & wood bodies; all but 1 car rebuilt with new steel bodies 1935-36.
- James Peak *2 diner-lounge, 78ft B&S -10 ex-Mt. Elbert 5-35, Rblt -36, *To 1302 7-50
1302 - *3 diner-lounge, 78ft B&S -10 ex-James Peak 7-50, back *To Mt. Elbert 801 4-54
1303 -   diner-lounge, 78ft B&S -10 ex- Mt. Timpanogos 6-50, To Mt. Princeton 800 -54
800 Mt. Princeton 2nd diner-lounge, 78ft B&S -10 ex-1303 -54, Rmod -55, Ret 12-63
801 Mt. Elbert *4 diner-lounge, 78ft B&S -10 ex-1302, *back To Mt. Elbert 4-54, Ret 9-61
802 Mt. Massive   diner-lounge, 78ft B&S -10 ex-1016, Rmod -47, To X-3277 9-61
803 Mt. Antero   diner-lounge, 78ft B&S -10 ex-1020, To X-3278 8-61, To Ogden Union Station
804 Pikes Peak   diner, 79ft ACF -27 Rmod -34, Rmod -5?, Ret 2-68
805 Castle Peak   diner, 79ft ACF -27 Rmod -34, Rmod -5?, Ret 4-68
806 Twin Peak   diner, 79ft ACF -27 Rmod -34, Rmod -5?, Ret 11-63, To X-3338 -64
- Sopris Peak   diner, 79ft ACF -27 Rmod -34, Burned 7-52

 

Sleeping cars
450 ex-David Moffat   } sleeper-coach, 80ft Pull -10 } Pullman parlor cars Clairton & Harrington,
451 ex-Winter Park   } 56 chair-4 section Pull -10 } Rmod -21, To D&SL -39, Rmod -40,
            To D&RGW 450, 451 -47, one To X-3335 -54

 

Observation-Lounge Cars
850 Glenwood Canon   obs-lounge, 70ft B&S -10 ex-988, nee WP 809, Rblt -26,
            streamlined 11-39, Rmod -5?, Ret 6-65
1300* Eagle Canon 1st obs-lounge, 70ft B&S -10 ex-985, nee-WP 806, Rblt -26,
            Rmod -35, -43, -45, To #1300 7-50, Ret -52
1301* Royal Gorge 1st obs-lounge, 70ft B&S -10 ex-987, nee-WP 808, Rblt -26,
            Rmod -35, -43, -45, To #1301 7-50, Ret -52,
*There is some confusion over which car was actually numbered 1301, which was remodeled to X-201 in -53
- Ruby Canon   obs-lounge, 70ft B&S -10 ex-989, nee-WP 810, Rblt -26, Ret -52
- Ogden Canon   obs-lounge, 70ft B&S -10 ex-986, nee-WP 807, Rblt -28,
            Rmod -34, -43, -45, Ret -52
851 Granite Canon   obs-lounge, 70ft (w/3-axle trucks from 740-744) Pull -10 ex-912, Rblt -29, Rmod -43, -45, Ret 8-60
- Spanish Fork Can   obs-lounge, 70ft (w/3-axle trucks from 740-744) Pull -10 ex-936, Rblt -29, Rmod -34, -43, -45, Ret 9-53

 

Assigned Pullmans
Ispus     36495   -20  
Clover Bluff     36377   -? Rmod -35 for EXPOSITION FLYER
McGrath     ?   -? used on #15/16 late 1940s
St. Anthony     ?   -? used on #15/16 late 1940s
Lake Ernest     10-1-2 Plan 3585A   -? Lot 4817, PROSPECTOR black & yellow ca.-47
Penalosa     10-2 Plan 2585   -? Lot 4328, PROSPECTOR black & yellow ca.-48
Elm Grove     12-2-3 Plan 4158   -? Rmod 1-47, PROSPECTOR black & yellow ca.-48 Ex-Shriever 21-1, Lot 4503, Rmod To Beech Grove in 5-48

 

Used on the ROYAL GORGE:
Lake Ernest     10-1-2 Plan 3585A   -? Lot 4817, Aspen Gold/Silver
Lake Traverse     10-1-2 Plan 3585   -24 Lot 4728, Aspen Gold/Silver
Gunsight Lake     10-1-2 Plan 3585     Lot 4770, Aspen Gold/Silver
Harrison Lake     10-1-2 Plan 3585   -24 Lot 4770, Aspen Gold/Silver
Bryn Mawr College     10-2-1 Plan 4042   ? Lot 4648, Aspen Gold/Silver
Barnard College     10-2-1 Plan 4042   ? Lot 3800, Aspen Gold/Silver
Fir Peak     6-6-4 Plan 4179   ? Lot 4899, Tuscan red in 4-63
Fir Rapids     6-6-4 Plan 4179   ? Lot 4932, Two-tone gray in 8-62
Fir Woods     6-6-4 Plan 4179   ? Lot 4932
Fir Summit     6-6-4 Plan 4179   ? Lot 4932
Fir Zone     6-6-4 Plan 4179   ? Lot 4932
Fir Forrest     6-6-4 Plan 4179   ? Lot 6031
Lake Ontario     ?   ? Lot ?, Two-tone gray in 6-59
Dartmouth College I     6-6-4 Plan 4194     Lot 6942, stainless steel
Dartmouth College II     6-6-4 Plan 4194     Lot 6942, stainless steel
Rye Beach     6-6-4 Plan 4194     Lot 6942, stainless steel
Salisbury Beach     6-6-4 Plan 4194     Lot 6942, stainless steel
Steam Generator Cars
250     steam heat car Rblt 5 -53 ex-4-6-6-4 #3703 tender
251     steam heat car Rblt 5 -53 ex-4-6-6-4 #3709 tender
252     steam heat car Rblt -65 ex-PB-1 6012
253     steam heat car Rblt -65 ex-PB-1 6002, later on Blomberg trks
named Moffat Tunnel, renamed Joseph G. Harris Rblt -87 Rblt w/2 Cat 300kw HEP gens

 

Business cars
100 1st     heavyweight Pull 36173 ex-RI 1858, To WP Nomad 8-16, To DRGW 4-25, Rmod 11-28, Re#107 2nd 8-51; Sold 10-65, at Forney
100 2nd Wilson McCarthy   lightweight Pull -50 Rmod -51 from coach 1240
  renamed Kansas by Ansco     Rmod -87 remodeled interior & renamed
101     heavyweight, 77ft Pull -10 ex-coach 926; Rblt -29; Sold 9-64 (w/3-axle trucks from 740-744)
102     heavyweight, 77ft Pull -10 ex-coach 924; Rblt -30; Rmod-5?; Sold 12-64 (w/3-axle trucks from 740-744)
105     heavyweight, 78ft B&S -20 Ex-D&SL 100; Rmod -40, -52, burned -54, To X-3337 12-56
107     heavyweight, 79ft Pull -13 ex-#100 1st, retired 10-65

 

Ansco private cars
800057 Colorado     lightweight obs Budd -49 ex-Casablanca Fan City of Pasadena 11/28/84, nee-NYC 10562 Fall Brook
800318 Utah     lightweight coach Budd -48 ex-Casablanca Fan City of Industry 11/28/84, exx-CRI&P 364, nee-M&StL
800078 California     lightweight 4-4-4 dome-sleeper Budd -54 ex-Amtrak 9211 8/6/85, nee-SP&S 306 fluted siding applied
CB003     end door baggage ACF -50 ex-Casblanca Fan 033 11/28/84, exx-Ice Capades, nee-ATSF 3462
-not used     dome sleeper Budd -54 ex-Amtrak 9212 4/85, nee-NP 309
-used for parts     dome sleeper Budd -54 ex-Amtrak 9225 8/6/85, nee-CBQ 304
-not used     lightweight dome-lounge-dorm Budd -48 ex-WP 832 Silver Hostel 3/10/86
-used for parts     lightweight cafe HS -68 ex-VIA 340, 343. 344 10/15/87, nee-CN
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