Wrong, green classification lights, on the engine,
not green markers, on the rear end, indicate a section
following. Green markers show a train clear "in the
hole", to be passed.
John D. Mitchell Jr.
--- "Stephen J. Levine" <sjl@p...> wrote:
> The 1956 Denver Zephyr during the summers or winter
> holidays would have so much
> business that one train could not carry it all. So
> the train would be split in
> two and additional cars added to each of the two
> sections.
>
> Particularly in the winter, they would run two
> sections because the train was
> steam heated and there was a maximum number of cars
> you could reliably heat
> without the steam line freezing.
>
> During the winter holidays in 1966, I rode the
> Denver Zephyr to and from
> Chicago. As I rode, as I always did on the Zephyr,
> slumbercoach, I was in the
> rear section of the train. That section consisted of
> everything from the
> Observation car through the Chuckwagon. It also
> included a mail car and several
> baggage cars. If I recall, the section was 12 cars
> long and was pulled by 3 E
> units. It was weird looking through the front door
> of the chuckwagon and seeing
> the solid door of the mail car.
>
> Coming back, both sections shared a platform in
> Chicago, and, believe it or not,
> the diners were positioned right across from each
> other. That on the
> Chuckwagon-rearward section was the Silver Chef, and
> that on the coach section
> was the Silver Feast. Talk about appropriateness
> with the feast in front of the
> chef. Interestingly the Chuckwagon-rearward section
> operated as first number 1
> and the coaches as second #1. In Colorado, I
> noticed green marker lights on the
> Silver Veranda while riding in the Silver Cup
> Chuckwagon Dome. (Green marker
> lights indicate a section following.).
>
> sjl
>
>
>
> Rick Keil wrote:
>
> > Looking thru some Model Railroader and recalling a
> few things I've read, can
> > someone explain why trains, particularly passenger
> trains, would have a
> > "section following" on a later train. I can
> almost understand a freight
> > train, possibly produce blocked for an eastern
> terminal. But a passenger
> > train? Wouldn't the railroad want all the
> passengers to arrive in Denver on
> > the Denver Zephyr. Also, what would the class
> lights or flags be for split
> > trains? Thanks for enlightening an ignorant train
> watcher.
> >
> > Rick Keil
> > Omaha, NE
> >
>
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