Railroad chapel car St. Paul ghost town Nevada City Montana 1914-1971
by David Lee Guss
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Railroad chapel car St. Paul ghost town Nevada City Montana 1914-1971
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David Lee Guss
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Railroad chapel car St. Paul, ghost town, Nevada City, Montana, 1914-1971
The Chapel Car St. Paul was built in 1914 by Barney & Smith, builders of railroad Pullman cars, to service thousands of Catholics living in isolated communities without a church.
"Chapel Car St. Paul is all-steel, 84 feet long with a seating capacity of seventy people. The altar, altar rail, pews, confessional and organ are made of native wood, the trimmings of Cuban mahogany.
In addition to the completely furnished chapel which occupies over half the car, there is a living room for the chaplain, two sleeping rooms, a shower-bath, a kitchen compete with stove and utensils."
The car's first mission was on Passion Sunday, March 21, 1915 in Bunkie, Louisiana; its last on the Blackfoot Indian Reservation near Browning, Montana about 1963 as "the rail lines to small towns became fewer and more difficult to travel."
"The car was acquired by noted restorer and Old West historian Charles Bovey, who preserved the car on his own tracks in Nevada City, Montana."
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