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WP 881 |
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Western Pacific 881 'Silver Crescent' on Train Number 18, the eastbound California Zephyr, at Aurora, Illinois on July 17, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. There appears to be a C&O sleeper cut in ahead of the observation, and that would be standard practice. Any 'foreign' sleepers would be positioned at the far end of the train. The California Zephyr featured a Public Address system that provided live commentary by the Zephyrettes as well as recorded music played on a wire recorder located in the first dome coach (which was also a crew dormitory and children's car), and any interruption in the special wiring for the PA (jumper plugs located overhead in the vestibules between cars) would render the cars behind disconnected. I'd still ride in the Silver Crescent on this date without complaining about the lack of music and commentary. |
| Photo Date: |
7/17/1965 Upload Date: 4/26/2012 1:31:29 PM |
| Location: |
Aurora, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
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Passenger |
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| Title: |
Silver Crescent |
| Description: |
CZ at about 70 mph |
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8/31/1968 Upload Date: 8/27/2009 5:38:29 PM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
dale henigman |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Passenger,Action |
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440 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PPCX 800293 |
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1/19/1991 Upload Date: 1/2/2011 2:44:42 PM |
| Location: |
Miami, FL |
| Author: |
G Gerard |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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615 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
WP 881 |
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5/17/2014 Upload Date: 7/6/2014 8:16:40 AM |
| Location: |
Miami, FL |
| Author: |
G Gerard |
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531 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
WP #881 SILVER CRESCENT |
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WP 24 seat dome-3 double bedroom-1 drawing room (3DB-1DR) sleeper-buffet-25 26 seat lounge observation #881 SILVER CRESCENT (Budd, Lot #9659-021, Pullman Plan #9511, December 1948), built for assignment to the "California Zephyr", retired in March 1970 and resold in March 1972 to William Harmsen, d.b.a., Liquid Crystal Sugar, Inc. (Wheatridge, CO), donated in March 1981 to the Gold Coast RR Museum (Miami). Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate 35mm slide, brand is unknown. Date and photographer are unknown. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2014 Upload Date: 1/26/2025 11:10:38 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Unknown/John C. Benson Collection |
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Passenger |
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21 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WP #881 SILVER CRESCENT |
| Description: |
WP Pullman Plan #9511 dome-1DR-3DB sleeper-buffet lounge observation #881 SILVER CRESCENT. Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate 35mm slide, brand is unknown. Date and photographer are unknown. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2014 Upload Date: 1/27/2025 4:42:33 AM |
| Location: |
Unknown, US |
| Author: |
Unknown/Brian J. Martin Collection |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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26 Comments: 0 |
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