A Railway Tradition Continued - A Drumhead for Our Passenger Car!

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Drumheads, as seen in the pictures above were usually found on the back of crack passenger trains in the past and featured colorful (often illuminated) logos. Railways were proud of their intercity passenger trains and worked hard to brand them as the fastest and most luxurious way to travel.
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In the pictures above we see examples of such drumheads on the rear of passenger cars. From left ot right, we first see a photo by Michael Guy in 2007 showing the drumhead on a regularly scheduled VIA passenger departing Kingston with a chartered dome car on the back of the train. In the next picture, we see a drumhead commemorating the last run of the Eastbound CPR Canadian. This picture was taken at its station stop at Winnipeg, Manitoba on the morning of January 16, 1990. This memorial drumhead was attached to the Strathcona Park dome observation lounge sleeper car at Vancouver before the train's last trip began on January 14, 1990. In the next picture, we find a photo of a drumhead on a Disneyland train.
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Finally, in the picture at the far right above, note that we are assembling a drumhead for our new passenger car to complement our restored speeder. This drumhead will be lighted as many were in the past. Work is underway to design an appropriate drumhead graphic.
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In these four pictures we see a number of classic Canadian passenger train drumheads on display at the Revelstoke Railway Museum in Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada.
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In these five pictures, you will find a series of pictures of different drumheads for a number of American railroads.
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By Russ Milland