What do the following words have in common?
How are they linked to 1952?
Does the order matter?
Stag, Thistle, Palace, Schooner, Chalet, Plate, Swallow, Canyon, Palisade, Poplar, Range and Planet.
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This is too easy with Google.
Could it be names of Cal Zephyr passenger cars???
SantaFeJim posted:What do the following words have in common?
How are they linked to 1952?
Does the order matter?
Stag, Thistle, Palace, Schooner, Chalet, Plate, Swallow, Canyon, Palisade, Poplar, Range and Planet.
Name # Owner Type Style Built Train Note
Stag 802 WP BG 1948 CZ Baggage
Thistle 817 WP DO CC 46 seats 1948 CZ Dome - Chair Car
Palace 813 WP DO CC 46 seats 1948 CZ Dome - Chair Car
Schooner815 WP DO CC 46 seats 1948 CZ Dome - Chair Car
Chalet 831 WP DO BF LO DM 1948 CZ Dome-Buffet-Lounge-Dormitory
Plate 841 WP DN 48 seats 1948 CZ Diner
Swallow 852 WP SL 6-5 1952 CZ Sleeper
Canyon 862 WP SL 10-6 1948 CZ Sleeper
Palisade 864 WP SL 10-6 1948 CZ Sleeper
Poplar 872 WP SL 16 section 1948 CZ Rebuilt to 48 seats chair car 1963-4
Range 865 WP SL 10-6 1948 CZ Sleeper
Planet 882 WP DO BF SL OB LO 1-3 1948 CZ Dome-Buffet-Sleeper-Obs-Lounge
Consist as of 1952 with an added sleeper. The list shows their order in the train. There were six trainsets in all.
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I thought they names of Santa's reserve reindeer team.
I thought it was part of the family tree of the Seven Dwarfs. Or maybe a color code for a strange type of telephone cable, similar to "Bell Operators Give Better Service...Why Run Backward, You'll Vomit"
SantaFeJim posted:What do the following words have in common?
How are they linked to 1952?
Does the order matter?
Stag, Thistle, Palace, Schooner, Chalet, Plate, Swallow, Canyon, Palisade, Poplar, Range and Planet.
The Stag ate a Thistle at the Palace, then traveled by Schooner to the Chalet, where, on a Plate sat a Swallow by the Canyon Palisade, under a Poplar tree of the front Range on Planet Ogr.
From the 1952 novel by Cal Zephyr, "Tittilating Train Trivia of Trepeditious Times".
ACE, I give you an A for creativity.
