In the summer of 1965, the Denver summer and holiday slumbercoach on
the Denver Zephyr, which had been, from the inception of the 1956
train, located in front of the Colorado Springs section of the train
with the coaches, was moved to behind the dining car, still retaining
its SC19 car number that it had since 1962. With the summer 1966
consist the car was placed in the same position, but was given the
number SC7. On January 1, 1967, the Colorado Springs section of the
train was replaced by bus service and, with the Summer 1967 consist,
the former Colorado Springs slumbercoach and 10-6 sleeper were placed
behind the diner with positions reversed so that the slumbercoaches
were together. At that time the slumbercoaches were renumbered SC8
and SC9. The former Colorado Springs sleeper still retained the
number DZ10.
At the time, as a teenager, I thought it was interesting but did not
think anything more of it. Soon after, as a Medical Student and a
Pathologist, I learned to look for reasons behind things.
Thus I am now wondering if the reason for moving the Denver
slumbercoach to the sleeper section of the train, and later, leaving
a sleeper in front of the former Springs slumbercoach was to allow a
single porter to service a sleeper (22 passengers) and a slumbercoach
(40 passengers). If a single porter had to service the two
slumbercoaches, he would have been responsible for up to 80
passengers instead of the 62 in a sleeper and slumbercoach. Also,
supposedly, the services by a porter in a slumbercoach would have
been limited to changing the bed linens in the morning and, in some
cases, letting down the beds, which would have only been during
morning and the evening before, whereas the service requirements in
the sleepers would have been more continuous.
Unfortunately, I did not think to ask the porters about the
arrangement at the time. Can someone tell me if I am correct about
the reason for arranging the slumbercoaches so that they were always
paired with a sleeper being so that one porter could service both?
sjl
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