CB&Q 801

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Gary Everhart	General	Beautiful period shot of the lounge car. Thanks for sharing this!	11/7/2014 8:58:35 AM

Craig Presler	General	Having helped repaint the interior of Silver Salon several years ago, I can say the little stars wer made of pllexiglass and were exposed on the inside to the light bulbs in the fixtures. There are no lights down the center of the ceiling, only single recessed spots over each table. The fixtures around the perimeter shine straight down, but light up the "stars". The ceiling was a surpisingly deep tuquoise instead of the normal "neutral". The result islike being in the desert at sunset.	9/4/2017 10:17:31 PM

Craig Presler	General	Having helped repaint the interior of Silver Salon several years ago, I can say the little stars were made of an acrylic and were exposed on the inside to the light bulbs in the fixtures. There are no lights down the center of the ceiling, only single recessed spots centered over each table. The fixtures around the perimeter shine straight down, but also light up the "stars". Amtrak removed the small kitchen, which enlarged the baggage room to half the car, replaced the bar opening with a water cooler and the lounge with 36 coach seats. The stars were removed and their panel covered with a strip of plastic wood-grained material. We found a few of the Plexiglas stars inside of the light fixtures. The ceiling was a surprisingly deep turquoise instead of the normal "neutral". All lights are directed at the tables and the room is rather dark with everything lit, so the result is like being in the desert at sunset.	9/4/2017 10:35:19 PM

Chuck Zeiler	General	Thanks Craig, that's good information.	9/5/2017 10:39:05 AM

CB&Q 801
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad public relations photograph of the interior of one of the two baggage bar lounge cars for the Twin Cities Zephyr, date and photographer unknown, Chuck Zeiler collection. The back of the print is stamped: Burlington Lines Donald Ashton Executive Assistant 547 W. Jackson Blvd. Chicago 6, Illinois. Also on the back of the print is hand-written: Twin Zephyr Bar Car. The CB&Q ordered two Baggage Bar Lounge cars from Budd in August 1945, Budd Job 9603-015. The cars were numbered and named; 800 named Silver Buffet, and 801 named Silver Salon. I believe this photo may have been by Hedrich Blessing, the company that shot many CB&Q public relations photos. Generally, the car would be positioned near the Zephyr Pit (14th Street Coach Yard) and CB&Q office personel would be recruited to be the happy passengers seen here. However, it it dark outside, so this may have been shot within the confines of Union Station. The photos would be distributed to interested parties, generally travel agents, although individuals could request a photo by mail, as I sometimes did as a novice railfan. Also of interest may be the series of three stars at the point where the walls meet the ceiling. I don't know if they had significance, or were just a designer's whimsy.
Date: 12/1/1947	Location: Chicago, IL Map	Views: 1025	Collection Of: Chuck Zeiler
Rolling Stock: CBQ 801 (Passenger Car) CBQ 800 (Passenger Car)			Author: CB&Q

Picture Categories: RollingStock		This picture is part of album: CB&Q Passenger Rolling Stock

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