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Owner: Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
User Notes:   'Big Ben' stainless observation

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Ex-DRG&W, Big Ben Spread Across the GM&O and Santa Fe Tracks and Serving as a Parlor Car on Chicago-bound CRI&P Tr #6
Title:  Ex-DRG&W, Big Ben Spread Across the GM&O and Santa Fe Tracks and Serving as a Parlor Car on Chicago-bound CRI&P Tr #6
Description:  Note, she is unfortunately behind the head-end cars. Scott Schiechl provided the following information on her. Big Ben was originally ordered by the C&O as their #1875 but was actually delivered to the Rio Grande. The D&RGW butchered the observation end to install a diaphram so that it could be used mid-train. Configured as a coach it often ran on the Yampa Valley until that train was discontinued. It was purchased by Butterworth Tours and operated as a private parlor car on the Rock Island's trains between Chicago and the Quad Cities after the RI opted not to join Amtrak. Following the RI's bankruptcy Butterworth traied to operate some kind of dinner train on the Iowa Interstate but gave up after a single season. The Butterworth's still own Big Ben and it is in good condition under roof in Iowa. For pictures of the whole trains see http://railfan44.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=663561 and http://railfan44.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=662262
Photo Date:  3/29/1971  Upload Date: 2/21/2007 3:25:11 PM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  4454   Comments: 0
Big Ben and the Board of Trade
Title:  Big Ben and the Board of Trade
Description:  This is the departing Quad Cities Rocket with LaSalle Street Station and the Board of Trade at the left edge of the photograph. Big Ben (see http://railfan44.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=660823) the dome-observation-parlor car is on the end of the train where it belongs.
Photo Date:  3/30/1971  Upload Date: 2/23/2007 7:10:32 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  CRIP 648(E8A)
Views:  2100   Comments: 3
Quad Cities Rocket
Title:  Quad Cities Rocket
Description:  Big Ben observation car carries the markers.
Photo Date:  7/25/1971  Upload Date: 1/13/2013 6:21:58 PM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Tom Harris
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  789   Comments: 0
Quad Cities Rocket
Title:  Quad Cities Rocket
Description:  Clark and 16th Street crossing.
Photo Date:  8/29/1971  Upload Date: 1/13/2013 6:27:55 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Harris
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  809   Comments: 0
CRIP #6-8
Title:  CRIP #6-8
Description:  "Big Ben" dome car
Photo Date:  12/29/1971  Upload Date: 9/11/2011 9:55:37 AM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  1011   Comments: 1
CRIP #6-8
Title:  CRIP #6-8
Description:  "Big Ben" Dome car
Photo Date:  12/29/1971  Upload Date: 9/11/2011 9:54:59 AM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  860   Comments: 1
Matching R/Y E's on the Rock
Title:  Matching R/Y E's on the Rock
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1973  Upload Date: 2/4/2014 2:57:17 PM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Ken Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 644(E8A)
Views:  556   Comments: 1
CRIP 538
Title:  CRIP 538
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/1974  Upload Date: 2/4/2014 3:03:56 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Ken Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 538(SW1)
Views:  604   Comments: 2
CRIP 538
Title:  CRIP 538
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/1974  Upload Date: 2/4/2014 3:08:20 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Ken Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 538(SW1)
Views:  936   Comments: 0
Big Ben
Title:  Big Ben
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/5/1982  Upload Date: 5/13/2012 9:44:49 PM
Location:  Beech Grove, IN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories:  Roster
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Views:  1029   Comments: 1
CO 1875 "Big Ben"
Title:  CO 1875 "Big Ben"
Description:  Private car "Big Ben", (ex-CRI&P "Big Ben", exx-D&RGW 1248, nee-C&O 1875) Budd dome - coach observation car.
Photo Date:  10/24/2006  Upload Date: 3/21/2007 1:29:14 AM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  Robert Olsesski/Brent MacGregor Collection
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  2913   Comments: 1


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