The Katharyne"The Katharyne" (a Private railroad car) built by Pullman Cars Company in Chicago, Ill., in 1894. "The Katharyne" is one frequent visitor to Eureka Springs, Ark. "The Katharyne" was owned by Richard C. Kerens. "The Katharyne" has been renamed to "The Estelle" by different owner. I do not know very much information's on "The Katharyne" or "The Estelle". If anyone know the where about of "The Katharyne" or "The Estelle" and/or information's on, please let me know. I am searching for "The Estelle". Please help me. 
"The Katharyne" shown here at Eureka Springs Railroad, Depot in background. 
Distinguished for a classic purity of line and refinement of decorative treatment, the private car Katharyne with no business car nonsense about it rests on a transfer table at Pullman with the venerable Pullman clock for background. (Above) The Katharyne was built in 1984 o the specifications of R.C. Kerens as his personal property and assigned as its home railroad to the West Virginia Central & Pittsburgh of which its owner was a director and important stockholder. Kerens was also a heavy investor in the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern, a vice president of St. Louis-Southwestern and finally was associated with Montana's peerless Senator William Andrews Clark in the incorporation of the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, now the Los Angeles Division of the Union Pacific. Over all these far-flung interests Katharyne transported Kerens and his friends in expedition and comfort, sometime pausing at the four towns named for its owner in Texas, Arkansas, West Virginia and California, a geographic immortality accorded few other railroaders. An inside view of one of many rooms in The Katharyne (Below). 
Last update Jan. 12, 2012. |