Monday, March 16, 2015

50's RBBB #2


7 comments:

Chic Silber said...


What was that dark car up right

Was this likely pre 56

Richard Reynolds said...

This would be Sarasota in mid-1960 when the show returned to the rails with the tunnel car operation. When it left Sarasota that year by railroad (for a long haul to Omaha), it would never go back. It went to Venice instead

Chic Silber said...


Hi Richard I just returned from

the Beefy Brunch Bunch in Ruskin

where you were spoken of in the

highest regards & we all welcome

learning the details you provide

My time with Big Bertha started

in Venice so many thanks

Chic Silber said...


Did all of their cars leave the

old quarters in 60 & if so where

did they put them all as there

was little extra track in Venice

I believe the 65 train was down

to about 17 cars

Chic Silber said...


I know Art's & Rudy Bundy's cars

went to a spur across from SRQ

(our airport) for years before

Art bought the old Weyerhouser

property with trackage off 17th

where they remained until they

were broken up & taken away as

scrap about 10 years ago

Chic Silber said...


During the early Venice years

there were a few cars kept near

the Venice station & several kept

a few miles South of it & maybe

that's when they started the shop

in Palmetto with some track

Chic Silber said...


When they pulled Hickory Creek

off the Blue train (maybe in 78)

it stayed in Venice a few years

before it was sold to the Jersey

club that restored it beautifully

It is now in Private Varnish &

can be rented for vast sums