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| Introduction |
| Short history of the car |
| Living in the chapel car |
| Car 5 travels |
| Saving car 5 |
| Moving to Snoqualmie |
| Stabilization |
| Rehabilitation |
| Accolades |
| Funding the project |
| References and more |
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| Supported by |
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Washington State Heritage Capital Projects Fund administered by the Washington State Historical Society |
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| Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving |
References
Adair County Historical Society collection at Kirksville, MO www.adairchs.org
American Baptist Historical Society collection at Mercer University in Atlanta, GA www.abhsarchives.org
Richard R. Anderson. The Railway Chapel Car: Messenger of Peace Joins the Collection. The Sounder, Vol. 51, No 6, November 2007.
Barney & Smith Car Company. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=850
History of the Railroad YMCA Movement. History of the Railroad Y
Rev. C.H. Rust. A Church on Wheels. American Baptist Publication Society, 1905. Google Books scan
Master Car Builder’s Association. Car Builders Dictionary. Simmons Boardman Publishing, 1898.
Master Car Builder’s Association. Car Builders Dictionary. Simmons Boardman Publishing, 1906.
Master Car Builder’s Association. Car Builders Dictionary. Simmons Boardman Publishing, 1912.
Wilma Rugh Taylor and Norman Thomas Taylor. This Train is Bound for Glory: The Story of America’s Chapel Cars. Judson Press, Valley Forge, 1999. (Updated version available online here.)
Rev. Harry R. Walrath. God Rides the Rails: Chapel Cars on the Nation’s Railroads. http://www.frontiertrails.com/oldwest/chapel.html
John H. White, Jr. The American Railroad Passenger Car. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978.
More
Seattle Times, 27 December 2012, Northwest Railway Museum restores historic chapel car, by Erik Lacitis.
Blog post, 31 October 2019 Giving thanks for the Chapel Car
Blog post, 9 October 2018 Finishing a pew
Blog post, 2 October 2018 There is a pew in the chapel car
Blog post, 4 June 2018 Chapel car pews
Blog post, 14 December 2015 Let there be light
Blog post, 14 December 2012 Chapel car married with trucks
Blog post, 11 December 2012 Chapel car trucks
Blog post, 12 September 2012 End of car platforms
Blog post, 31 July 2012 Drawings of the car
Blog post, 5 June 2012 Roof replacement
Blog post, 8 May 2012 Clerestory windows
Blog post, 5 May 2012 Chapel car secrets part 2
Blog post, 27 February 2012 Chapel car secrets part 1
Blog post, 7 November 2011 Chapel car pews
Blog post, 24 October 2011 Repair of car frame completed
Blog post, 16 May 2011 Window restoration
Blog post, 21 March 2011 Preservation field school
Blog post, 22 February 2011 Scenes of the last few days haunt me
Blog post, 16 February 2011 Chapel car rehab begins
Blog post, 20 December 2010 Old project, new project
Blog post, 16 June 2010 Partners in Preservation funds chapel car
Blog post, 27 April 2010 Chapel car travels
Blog post, 22 April, 2010 More on the Messenger
Blog post, 16 April 2010 Vote to fund the chapel car
Blog post, 9 December 2009 Save America's Treasures
Blog post, 17 May 2009 Barney and Smith Car Company
Blog post, 29 April 2009 Railway gospel
Blog post, 2 April 2009 Artifact scholarship
Blog post, 31 March 2009 Landmarks listing
Blog post, 3 March 2009 And the nominee is
