Ed,
There were only five consists of NCL in the era being discussed. Take noon
CST, for example. There would be a WB NCL that had just left Chicago, a
second WB in the middle of Montana, and a third that had arrived in Seattle
that AM. Then there was an EB in Montana, and an EB near Savanna,
Illinois. Each set of equipment had about 21 hours in Chicago, but a short
turn on the west end.
I'd have to do some digging to answer the last parts of your questions.
Dennis
At 09:43 PM 9/2/01 -0500, you wrote:
>I've noticed in a few books, namely Charles Rudisel's BN
>Passenger Cars, and Todd Sullivan's NP Color Guide to
>Freight and Passenger Equipment, that the CB&Q and the NP
>pooled Slumbercoaches used on the North Coast Limited and
>the Denver Zephyr. A Slumbercoach arriving on the DZ would
>go out later that day on the NCL, with the inbound NCL
>Slumbercoach would go out on the DZ. The question that I
>have is considering the fact that the NCL used six sets of
>equipment, that would mean that the DZ only required one
>Slumbercoach. However, the Official Guide from February
>1960 would make you think that two Slumbercoaches were used
>on the DZ at the time. The car number/line number for the
>Chicago to Colorado Springs car is given as CS-7, while the
>Chicago to Denver car is given as CS-8. Were two cars used,
>or were separate numbers used for the reservations?
>
>Was the pool continued after the additional eight
>Slumbercoaches were purchased for the Mainstreeter in 1964?
>The Q would purchase two of these cars, the 335 and the 336
>in 1965 from the NP. I would think that the Q would have
>wanted to continue the pool if they were only used two of
>their four cars purchased for the DZ. Anyone on the list
>have a definitive answer?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Ed Pavlovic
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