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GCRY Yard |
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This view is looking east from Grand Canyon Boulevard, which is just east of the Grand Canyon Railway station. On the extreme right is the BNSF line from Phoenix, seen here climbing up to Williams Junction where it will joinu the former ATSF main line. Next is the GCRY main line to Grand Canyon. To the left of the first power pole are the two F40's on the day's 13-car excursion train. This it where the train or trains are parked over night. It will soon pull ahead and then back into the station on the main line for a 9:30 departure. To the left of the track m`chine are "Boise Budds" 304, 404 and 402; and on the extreme left, reflecting the morning sun, is appropriately named coach 7609 BRIGHT ANGEL. |
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3/28/2014 Upload Date: 4/21/2014 1:26:37 PM |
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Williams, AZ |
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Michael Palmieri |
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GCRY 801 |
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Grand Canyon Railway 68-seat coach 801 was built in February 1955 as Boston & Maine RDC-2 6208 (serial No. 6011) and was sold to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in in 1976 as MBTA 6208. It was rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen as MBTA unpowered cab car (i.e. BOISE BUDD) 1406 in 1982, tjen in 1992 it was sold to Virginia Railway Express and overhauled by General Electric at Hornell, New York as VRE car V801. It was subsequently sold to California’s JOINT POWERS BOARD and then resold to the GCRY. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 4/21/2014 1:11:28 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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Michael Palmieri |
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GCRY Boise Budds |
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Grand Canyon Railway BOISE BUDDS 800, 301 and 306 on Track 4 at the Grand Canyon Station. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 4/21/2014 1:10:03 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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Michael Palmieri |
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GCRY 8742 FRED HARVEY |
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Grand Canyon Railway car 8742 FRED HARVEY was built by Budd in 1955 as one of six GREAT DOMES for service on the EMPIRE BUILDER. It was originally Great Northern 1392 MOUNTAIN VIEW, and then Amtrak 9362, 9301 and 10030; before being sold in 2001 and became American Orient Express 800742 NEW ORLEANS. It was subsequently owned by Grand Luxe Rail and then American Railway Explorer, and it was briefly painted as ARE YELLOWSTONE before moving to the Grand Canyon Railway. Its GCRY number was derived from 800742 by omitting the two zeros! The change in the fluting above the letterboard at the near end of the car shows where Amtrak removed the vestibule when they rebuilt it with HEP for service on the AUTO-TRAIN in 1985. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 4/12/2014 5:24:28 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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Michael Palmieri |
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GCRY 800 and 801 |
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Grand Canyon Railwby cars 800 and 801 were both built in February 1955 for the Boston & Maine as RDC-2 combines. When these were rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen as unpowered BOISE BUDD cab cars, they retained a headlight and end windows at one end. Notice the flat stainless steel where the 800's baggage door had been. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 4/21/2014 1:10:26 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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Michael Palmieri |
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GCRY Williams Flyer |
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Shortly after its 11:45 arrival at Grand Canyon, passengers began to detrain from the Grand Canyon Railway's WILLIAMS FLYER. The train has been opened up ahead of the last short dome car so that passengers can more easily get to the depot, whose roof is visible above the last car. The El Tovar Hotel is across the road from the station, and the South Rim of the canyon is right on the other side of the hotelThe train is parked on track 4, while the two tracks in the foreground are 5 and 6. These two no longer connect to the main line, and are mostly covered with crushed stone so passengers can more easily get to the tour busses parked on the left. The bus parking area was previously occupied by one or more additional tracks.Today's 13-car train - the maximum size which will fit into the station - consisted of F40's 237 and 295, open-window former SP coach 2193, former RDC's 306, 301, 800 and 801, CAFE CAR 2096, coaches 7608 ARIZONA and 2095 ANASAZI, short domes 2097 KOKOPELLI, 2094 COCONINO and 7034 GRAND VIEW, great dome 8742 FRED HARVEY and parlor-observation car 255 CHIEF. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 4/12/2014 4:16:38 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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Michael Palmieri |
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GCRY 255 CHIEF |
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Grand Canyon Railway car 255 CHIEF was built by Budd in 1947 as Atlantic Coast Line blunt-end observation-lounge 255. It was then Seaboard Coast Line 5834 and Amtrak 3334, before going into private ownership. The GCRY has added full-length letterboards so that all of its Budd cars have this feature. The drumhead reads WILLIAMS FLYER. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 4/12/2014 4:17:00 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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Michael Palmieri |
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GCRY 7034 GRAND VIEW |
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This car was built by Budd in 1948 as Burlington 4722 SILVER STIRRUP, for service on the CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR. It was subsequently Amtrak 9556 and became Alaska Railroad 7034 after being retired in 1984. It went through several changes in ownership, and went to the Grand Canyon Railway in 2004. The GCRY subsequently added full-length letterboards to match the railroad's other Budd cars, trimmed back the skirting, and installed outside-swing-hanger trucks. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 4/12/2014 4:17:20 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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GCRY Boise Budds |
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Grand Canyon Railway cars 801, 800, 301 and 306 on Track 4 in the Grand Canyon Station. |
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3/31/2014 Upload Date: 4/21/2014 1:16:58 PM |
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Grand Canyon, AZ |
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Michael Palmieri |
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