ABOVE: A much higher than expected re- sponse from the public led to long lines to see the private cars on display during the Parade of Trains. Those willing to endure a two hour wait just to get to the platform were rewarded with tours of finely appointed cars like the ob- servation lounge of the Babbling Brook. Built in 1949 by Budd for New York Central’s Boston-Chicago New England States. The car was presented by Webb Rail, LLC. RIGHT: The last active barbershop on rails is located in the Overland Trail, which was built in 1949 by the Pullman Company as the first of six barber- shop/lounge cars for the Southern Pacific. This is one of several cars presented by L.A. Rail.
1947 Budd tavern/lounge car that often could be found in the consist of the New England States. Both are owned by the United Railway Historical Society of New Jersey and restored by Star Trak. Next up was the Wisconsin, built in 1948 for the Milwaukee Road. New York Central 448, another 1947 Budd tavern/lounge owned by URHS and re- stored by Star Trak followed. The Louisville & Nashville Ohio River, owned and operated by the Morristown
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& Erie Railway traveled with the Kitchi Gammi Club, a 1925 Pullman sleeper owned by Virginia Rail Invest- ment. The Birken, a 1954 Canadian Car & Foundry product came next, with the former New York Central 1949 Budd observation lounge Bab- bling Brook bringing up the markers. Across the platform on Track 34, the
1923 Pullman Dover Harbor (incorrect- ly listed in the program as a “baggage car”) brought up the markers, present-
ed by the Washington, D.C., Chapter NRHS. Next up was the Canadian Na- tional Tioga Pass, Southern Pacific Overland Trail, Union Pacific Pacific Sands, and the Boston & Maine Salis- bury Beach. These four cars operated in a special Los Angeles-to-New York charter operated by LA Rail. The Union Pacific Berlin, a Pullman built in 1956 as 11/Placid Lake. The 1948 Frisco Pullman Cimarron River followed, with the Milwaukee Road business car Mon-
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