CB&Q Aleutian

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad - Aleutian

Copper River & Northwestern Railway - The Stephan D. Birch

Missouri Portland Cement Company - MOCX-1 - Accommodator

Museum of Transportation - Barrett Station

Weight as built 90 tons
Length - 74 feet 10 inches
Lenght over Couplers - 83 feet 6 inches

Office Car

The car was built by Pullman for the Copper River & Northwestern Railway and named the founder of Kennecott Coper Company.

C B & Q railroad Aleutian heavyweight office car. That railroad’s vice president and general manager of the eastern lines used the car in 1940. These were called “office cars,” railroad officials used cars to entertain customers and guests of the company, shippers, bankers, or politicians.

In 1952, Burlington rebuilt and modernized the car, installing air conditioning, self-contained electrical and hot water systems, and roller bearings, giving it a rebuilt weight of over 102 tons.

Car sold to Missouri Portland Cement Company of St Louis MO in 1966. Used for business trips and business receptions

Car donated to the museum in 1970 and renamed - Barrett Station

The car was then later painted and relettered for the Burlington as the Aleutian

The Aleutian features the car contains:

• An observation lounge with open rear platform
• Four staterooms
• Dining room
• Two bathrooms and two showers
• Stainless steel Galley
• Propane stove, refrigerator/freezar and ice maker
• Walls of inlaid mahogany
• Air conditioning
• Crew’s quarters for the cook and porter

HBO’s film “Truman,” shot in spring 1995, featured the Aleutian car as a stand-in for the Ferdinand Magellan car and pulled by Frisco 1522 steam engine.

Built by Pullman for the Copper River & Northwestern Railway - The Stephan D. Birch in 1923 as The Stephan D. Birch
Purchased by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad in 1940 and renamed the Aleutian.
Sold to Missouri Portland Cement Company numbered MOCX-1 and named Accommodator.

Donated to MOT in 1970 and renamed Barrett Station.