by Otto Vondrak
Be trackside Sunday to see this historic car!
From RAILPACE, via URHS posting:
20th CENTURY LIMITED - HICKORY CREEK INAUGURAL RUN: The United Railroad Historical Society (URHS) is proud to announce that the well-known signature car of the 1948, 20th Century Limited, named the “Hickory Creek” will make an inaugural run on the “Niagara Weekender” excursion between New York Penn Station and Niagara Falls, NY. The luxury railway journey operated by Rail and Cruise Travel (800-292-7245) leaves on Sunday, June 26th at 9:45 AM on Amtrak Train 287 and returns Wednesday, June 29th. The Hickory Creek is one of two cars that alternately graced the rear of the 20th Century Limited on its trek from Grand Central Terminal, New York to LaSalle Street Station, Chicago. It is appointed with the well-known “look-out” lounge in the rear third of the car, which is above the normal floor-height of the rest of the car. Total lounge accommodations can provide seating for twenty-three passengers in a comfortable setting. This portion of the Hickory Creek has been laboriously restored to reflect its original “as-built” décor as when first in service on September 15, 1948. On this date, in Grand Central Terminal, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Actress Beatrice Lillie and New York Mayor William O’Dwyer “christened” the car prior to its first revenue journey from New York to Chicago. The Hickory Creek is fitted with a stainless-steel kitchen equipped with the finest appliances to provide meals for overnight passengers that will retire in the four shower and lavatory equipped double bedrooms that take up 48 feet of the 85-foot car. This inaugural excursion will mark the completion of the seven-year restoration project for this famous car. The restoration effort commenced in 1998 and through the effort of the historical society’s contractor, Star Trak, Inc., it has been rebuilt to modern mechanical standards. An Amtrak “40-year” truck inspection, head-end-power cable installation and various other mechanical modifications have been recently completed to allow the “Hickory Creek” to travel on Amtrak routes. (URHS - posted 6/23)
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