Re: D&RG 470 Tourist Sleeper - First Test Runs

hank Wrote:

> Same era, some of the regular Pullmans met the
> same fates but most of them went to Mexico.
>
> Hank

Two cars saw service in our Great Basin.

The Tonopah RR bought two cars through a equipment broker in 1904. These had 10 regular Pullman sections and a buffet for drink and light food service. Then in 1911 the cars were sold to the Nevada-California-Oregon. One car was retired in 1916 and other lasted to the end being retired in 1928 and set on the ground at Wendel.

These were Pullman cars CIMARRON and OGDEN (later DOLORES)..
On the Tonopah the cars carried the names MIZPAH and SILVER TOP; named for the two big mines in Tonopah.
On the N-C-O the cars were named MADELINE and WAVERLY (later ALTURAS).

Brian Norden