Marshall
Am I wrong about the 1936 Denver Zephyr RPO's having flush doors?
On page 73 of Goen's book, Fort Worth and Denver, there is a picture of the
Silver Courier on the Texas
Zephyr in February of 1965, days before the ex-DZ sets were retired. While the
RPO windows are gone, the
doors are not and they look like they are flush with the sides of the car.
sjl
marshall wrote:
> James McKee wrote:
> >
> > Did the Q have any RPO cars whose doors closed flush with side of the car?
> > Excluding the 9900 and 9903.
> >
> > Jim McKee
> >
> To the best of *my* knowledge, Jim - you just nailed it. I'm very
> familiar with 9903, having been display caretaker in the 60s, and the
> flush-sliding-door mechanism was not only complicated to maufacturer,
> but was a bit of a hassle to use. The door track was built into the
> floor and suspended from the upper sill, and had a half-C track at the
> latch end, with an "S" at the other. You had to pop the latch, then
> pull the door back into the track at the latch end, then shove, and have
> the tail of the door follow the "S" track, then shove it clear to the
> drop-catch that would then hold it open against train vibration if you
> were making a picjup on the fly. To close it, you had to release the
> drop-catch, then shove it up to the S-track, complete closure, and then
> beat it until it latched.
>
> Does that explain why they didn't do it again? <g>
>
> Marshall
>
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