| Built in 1948 by Budd in Lot #9656-019 as CB&Q dome 46 seat chair (women and children) #4718 for the CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR, 1 of 3 such domes (#4716 SILVER BRIDLE, #4717 SILVER LODGE, & #4718) built in that Lot, which was ordered in October 1945; cars were delivered between March and April 1948. There were 3 different variations of dome chairs (6 cars each) built for the CZ, all with 46 chairs (reserved) and 24 seats in the dome: dome chair (CZ-20), dome chair with conductor's desk in the long (rear) end (CZ-21), and dome chair with the short (forward) end reserved for women and children (CZ-22). There was 1 of each variation per train set, with the cars arranged CZ-22 to CZ-20 first to last; the CB&Q and WP each owned 7 dome chairs (#4716-#4722 and #811-#817 respectively) and the D&RGW owned 4 (#1105-#1108). Of the 6 women and children's dome chairs, besides the 3 cars owned by CB&Q, WP owned 2 (#811 SILVER DOLLAR & #812 SILVER FEATHER) and D&RGW owned 1 (#1105 SILVER BRONCO). The SILVER LARIAT was intended to be renumbered as BN #4682, but this not applied and the car was sold to Amtrak in 1971 as #9452. The SILVER LARIAT was retired and later sold in July 1984 to Ralph Orlandella of Sacramento and was acquired by California Zephyr Railcar Charters in 1985; parked at King Street Station with SILVER RAPIDS and PALM LEAF. For more info, see Phil Dohmen's website: http://www.trainweb.org/railnewspb/Q/ the California Zephyr Virtual Museum: http://calzephyr.railfan.net/cars/domecoach.html and W. David Randall's "Streamliner Cars Volume 2". EXIF: 3:50 PM, f/3.9 @ 1/160, ISO-100 |