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- ↑ Damos, Tim. "Badger No. 2 fish car quite a catch again". Baraboo News Republic. Retrieved 2021-07-02– via Wiscnews.com.
- ↑ "'Nebraska Zephyr' train is back at IRM". Trains Magazine. Vol. 69 no. 9. Kalmbach Publishing Company. September 2009.
Illinois Railway Museum's Nebraska Zephyr has returned to service after an absence of four years following a switching accident. Avalon Rail Inc. in Milwaukee rebuilt the articulated stainless steel trainset.
- ↑ Wrinn, Jim (April 2010). "Badger No. 2 'fish car'". Trains Magazine. Vol. 70 no. 4. Kalmbach Publishing Company.
Mid-Continent Railway Museum's $950,000, 13-month restoration of Pullman-built "fish car" Badger No. 2 ended with the car's return to the museum at North Freedom, Wis., in December 2009. Repairs to the 72-foot-long, 1912 wooden car (with steel underframe) took place at Avalon Rail Inc., in West Allis., Wis
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- ↑ Barrett, Rick (November 9, 2009). "West Allis company that refurbishes rail cars wins a major contract". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . Retrieved 2021-07-01.
- ↑ "Via Rail Canada to boost famed transcontinental train's accessibility and appeal". Via Rail Canada press release (Press release). October 30, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
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