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1945
June - CBQ 4714 "Silver Dome" built in CBQ shops - first by far
1947
May - GM "Train of Tomorrow" debuts on Monon
December - CBQ "Twin Zephyr" - 10 Budd cars
1948
C&O "Chessie" - 6 Budd cars (ran on 'Pere Marquette" and 'Sportsman')
March - CBQ/DRGW/WP "California Zephyr" - 30 Budd cars delivered over next year - CZ starts 3/49.
June - MOPAC "Colorado Eagle" - 3 Budd cars
1949
May - B&O "Columbian" - 2 PS cars
June - CBQ 4709 "Silver Castle" built in CBQ shops
September - DRGW purchases 3 cars from C&O
1950
February - Wabash "Blue Bird" - 4 Budd cars
September - UP purchases "Train of Tomorrow"
December - B&O purchases 3 cars from C&O
December - ATSF - 6 PS 'Pleasure Domes'
1952
CBQ 378 "Silver Lookout" backup observation car for 'CZ' from Budd
August - Wabash 1602 - 1 PS "parlor" car
August - MOPAC/IGN/T&P - 5 PS cars
November - MILW - 10 PS "Super Domes"
1953
February - CBQ "Kansas City Zephyr" - 4 Budd cars
May 31 - first serious wreck. MILW 50 burned, but returned to factory and rebuilt for service.
1954
ATSF - 14 Budd "Big Domes"
NP/CBQ/SPS "North Coast Limited" - 20 Budd cars
July - Canadian Pacific "Dominion" / "Canadian" - 36 Budd cars over next year
July - SP homebuilt "3/4" domes - 7 cars debuted thru 5/55
December - UP - 35 ACF cars delivered thru 5/55
1955
GN/CBQ/SPS "Empire Builder" - Budd - 16 short domes, 6 full domes
1956
October - CBQ "Denver Zephyr" - 6 Budd cars
1957
NP 2 Budd backup cars for 'NCL'
1958
December - UP/Wabash - 6 PS cars for "City of St Louis' - (last cars built)
1959
First fatality - CP 15405 "Fundy Park" wrecked
1964
CN purchases 6 'Super Domes' from MILW
N&W inherits Wabash 6 cars - leases them but operates in Wabash colors
2 ex GM "Train of Tomorrow" cars scrapped by UP
1965
3rd ex GM "Train of Tomorrow" car scrapped by UP
2nd wreck fatality - CP 508 "skyline" car
1966
N&W purchases 6 Wabash cars
1967
January - Central of Georgia leases ex-Wabash car from N&W
MOPAC 895 retired (later scrapped)
June - IC purchases remaining 7 cars from MOPAC (1 for parts - MP 893)
1968
December - Central of Georgia buys first ex-Wabash car from N&W
1969
February - UP 9006/9014 to Auto Train startup
September - Seaboard Coast Line buys 3 cars from B&O
1970
June - Auto Train purchases WP 811 thru 817
October - Central of Georgia buys 2nd ex Wabash car from N&W
SP 3600 retired (later scrapped)
CBQ 252 "Silver Roundup" burns
May 1, 1971
Southern takes over Central of Georgia cars
Amtrak, Auto Train, Alaska RR, railroad business cars, private owners and others disburse the fleet.
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