The Veranda had green marker lights and our train was moving at speed.\
sjl
John Mitchell wrote:
> 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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