Re: [CBQ] Chambrettes

["Michael Woodruff via groups.io" <mwoodruff54=gmail.com@groups.io>]

Silver Moon and Silver Slipper built for the DZ in April 1939 were 4-roomette/4-chamberette/1-drawing room/6-double bedroom cars.  Touched upon on page 66 of Karl Zimmerman's Zephyr book.

mike woodruff

north platte ne

On Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 5:57 PM Rupert Gamlen via groups.io <gamlenz=hotmail.com@groups.io> wrote:

>From November 1952 Railway Age –

The Burlington has redesignated private room accommodation offered in certain cars of the Denver Zephyr between Chicago and Denver. Formerly known as “chambrettes” – a designation not used by any other U. S. road – the rooms will henceforth be known as “duplex single bedrooms” Each of these rooms contains a bed, a chair and complete toilet facilities. They are similar in almost all respects to duplex single bedrooms offered by other roads.

I don’t remember seeing this term before.

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

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