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8/7/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: AAPRCO Register Private Cars
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
User Notes:   ex-WP 813 SILVER PALACE

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AT Dome Coach 462
Title:  AT Dome Coach 462
Description:  Auto-Train Budd dome coach 462 at Sanford, Florida on an unknown day in February 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. AT 462 was built by Budd in 1948 as Western Pacific 813 named SILVER PALACE, a 46-seat dome-coach as part of WP's contribution to the California Zephyr train. It became AT 462, then to Ed Braun/Ruan Equipment Co at AT auction in December 1981, then to Vista Rail Inc. 813, then to Algoma Central Railway and renamed SPIRIT OF SUPERIOR (800273), then to Friends of 261 in 2017.
Photo Date:  2/1/1980  Upload Date: 5/9/2021 12:13:25 PM
Location:  Sanford, FL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  183   Comments: 1
California Zephyr 800273 (Silver Palace)
Title:  California Zephyr 800273 (Silver Palace)
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Photo Date:  9/8/2018  Upload Date: 9/11/2018 10:42:41 PM
Location:  Norwood Young America, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
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Views:  106   Comments: 0
Dome car "Silver Palace" third of six
Title:  Dome car "Silver Palace" third of six
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Photo Date:  9/13/2018  Upload Date: 9/24/2018 3:01:22 PM
Location:  Fall River, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  67   Comments: 0
WP 813 2
Title:  WP 813 2
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2018  Upload Date: 10/12/2018 10:07:05 PM
Location:  Minneapolis Jct., MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
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Views:  105   Comments: 0
TC&W 2010 + WSOR 101
Title:  TC&W 2010 + WSOR 101
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/31/2019  Upload Date: 6/18/2019 11:37:06 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  TCWR 2010(GP38-2) WSOR 101(E9A)
Views:  148   Comments: 1
WP 813 3
Title:  WP 813 3
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/31/2019  Upload Date: 9/11/2022 7:51:59 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
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Views:  48   Comments: 0
WP Silver Palace
Title:  WP Silver Palace
Description:  History: http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521793
Photo Date:  6/15/2019  Upload Date: 8/9/2019 8:25:25 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  G Gerard
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Views:  461   Comments: 0
WP Silver_Palace
Title:  WP Silver_Palace
Description:  History: http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521793
Photo Date:  6/15/2019  Upload Date: 8/9/2019 8:25:57 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  G Gerard
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Views:  338   Comments: 0
PPCX 800273 - "Silver Palace" Dome/Coach
Title:  PPCX 800273 - "Silver Palace" Dome/Coach
Description:  As part of the CBQ/WP roster for the California Zephyr, this partial dome carried passengers through the Rockies for many years. The car landed in the Auto-Train roster for awhile and then onto private ownership. It served the Algoma Central Rwy before the Friends of 261 acquired it in 12/2017.
Photo Date:  10/25/2019  Upload Date: 12/21/2022 5:03:30 AM
Location:  Hinton, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  85   Comments: 0
PPCX 800273 - "Silver Palace" Dome/Coach
Title:  PPCX 800273 - "Silver Palace" Dome/Coach
Description:  Closeup of its name plate.
Photo Date:  10/25/2019  Upload Date: 12/21/2022 4:55:21 AM
Location:  Hinton, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  53   Comments: 0
PPCX 800273 - "Silver Palace" Dome/Coach
Title:  PPCX 800273 - "Silver Palace" Dome/Coach
Description:  Close up of the small dome and California Zephyr nameplate.
Photo Date:  10/25/2019  Upload Date: 12/21/2022 4:55:32 AM
Location:  Hinton, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  62   Comments: 0


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