FYI. Used to see the Texas Zephyr come through Vernon Texas on Colorado and Southern trackage between Dallas and Denver when I was a kid. It even stopped sometimes. Big shiny stainless steel E5 diesels pulling her. Bill---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: <Texpearson@aol.com>
Date: Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 5:07 PM
Subject: Fwd: FW: Former Zephyr cars on their way to Austin!
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George Z asked me to share this information with the list. The good news is that they are coming to town, but the bad news is that they will not be used for operation
Here’s some news you may want to share with your e-mail list. Three streamlined passenger cars from the Burlington’s Texas Zephyr have been purchased by William Osborn of Austin and are being moved from South Dakota. They will be placed on his property at 9300 US 290 West next to the relocated San Saba depot, where they will be restored and rented for office space.
The observation car was the first to be moved. One of the aattached pictures shows the 1961 appearance, with a red neon tailsign which will be restored. The second attachment is how the car looked when new, when it served the Denver Zephyr between Chicago and Denver. In 1957 it was reassigned to the Texas Zephyr, overnight between Denver and Dallas, which happens to be one of the trains I operate on my layout. Other attachments show the cover of the cocktail menu from 1943 and an interior view.
Here’s a short video of the observation car being trucked down the highway in South Dakota.