County transfers ownership to rail car to historical group
FLORENCE, Ariz. – The Maricopa Historical Society is taking ownership of a dome rail passenger car on display near the Amtrak station is the Pinal County community.
The county Board of Supervisors has approved a transfer of ownership of the 85-foot-long stainless steel car to the historical society.
Society President Paul Shirk says the transfer will allow the group to upgrade the car, build displays that can be interchanged, add a research library and hold special events and open houses for the public to see the railcar.
Built in 1948 for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, the car operated on a multi-railroad route between Chicago and Oakland, California.
It sits on along the Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway near State Route 347.
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