See "Glamorous Embers" in the January 2006 issue of TRAINS for the story!
"20th Century Limited"
This observation car used to run on the famed "Blue Comet." Fifty years later she is ending her career in commuter service to Phillipsburg.
Eastbound Sunset Ltd on the SP between Hardy St. Shops and Englewood Yard. Ex-CZ Silver Lookout is on the back.
20th Century Limited
There was a water shortage in the New York City area in 1965, and a ban on washing cars...apparently it didn't apply to observation cars!
ACL passenger car sitting on display at Rocky Mount depot
A pleasant find. Phoebe Snow had been killed off in 1966, but the observations occasionally ventured out of storage. The next summer they would go the LIRR. Honeywell Pentax H1a; Kodachrome
Fading light; fading fortunes. Rock Island's little vest pocket post-Amtrak streamliner heads for the symbolic setting sun. Honeywell Pentax H1a; Kodachrome
Denver Zephyr backing up into the Union Station. Rangefinder; Kodachrome
Honeywell Pentax H1a; Ektachrome
Two trains ready to head to Montreal. To see more pictures Click Here
AOE reound-end observation car NEW YORK was built as New York Central's SANDY CREEK serving on the 20th Century Limited.
Honeywell Pentax H1a
