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Re: [BRHSlist] CZ Turnaround

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Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] CZ Turnaround
From: rgortowski@a...
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 22:35:09 EST
In a message dated 11/16/00 9:53:26 PM Pacific Standard Time, sjl@p... 
writes:

<< When the transcontinental sleeper ran (up until 1957) one of the Chicago 
Sleepers would head east on either the Pennsylvania or New York Central 
Railroads and other would come off of those runs (they alternated Pennsy one 
day, NYC the next) for that Afternoon's CZ. Only one additional car, PRR's 
Silver Rapids, was
needed to protect this service. >>

Steve,

Great answer. Thanks. On the transcon car, we had talked about this in one 
of the Q&A's in the Zephyr. The $64,000 question is, how did the NYC 
discharge it's obligation to the pool if it didn't own a CZ car like the PRR. 
It must have paid mileage to the pool and used the available 10-6 sleepers. 
The NYC car would also have to be transferred between La Salle Street station 
and Union station. Anyone have some more information on this, especially how 
the transfer would take place?

Rich

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