2015.10.03 St. Louis -Museum Tours & 2nd AAPRCO Car Party

Day 2 of AAPRCO included two tours. The first was to the St. Louis Museum of Transport. We took a bus out there with several other people and had a tour guide. They had a lot of train related stuff outside, also car collections under cover.

 Our tour guide with a special school bus train car.They had a huge train shed.

Next to the stop was the University of Missouri at St Louis library which had the Barriger Transportation Library where Nick, the archivist, told us about the collection. Here is Rick with John 'Jack" Barriger IV standing behind in the tan coat in the transportation library. His father was in a position to take lots of photos while on the job and collect a lot of railroad related materials.  They have a lot of the collection stored off site.

Here is Nick talking about the collections. Bill Martin in back with red tag, Dave Hoffman in blue hat looking away, Dave Rohr in tan hat to the right.

There was a John Audobon exhibit at the library as well, art work, and maps of the missouri river.

Then private car party #2.

Debbie Wolff.

Theme party on one car.

Bob and Darlene's car (Evelyn Brown passing through on left) Bob on right.

Rick in the car with a night sky ceiling

Looking in from the outside.

Afterward, we crashed the Dearing for a Maiden Voyge Reunion - most of the people that went on the trip from Washington DC to Chattanooga in 2012.  We had some "sweaty balls" for Nelson & Bordon from Liz and John and Charlie and Kathy made some Texas Milk Shakes. Peter and his sister were there, and Kevin Moore, Mark and Debbie and us.