Hello, Duncan - Passengers could enter a dining car from either end. There was
a finished corridor alongside the galley/kitchen area. Diners were often
entrained between the sleepers and the coaches (so that - gasp! - coach
passengers would not go trooping thru the first class accomodations.) So there
was no need to turn a dining car. And, as we found out with the Twin Zephyrs
in the late '60s, there was no need to turn obs cars either - let the
passengers enjoy a close-up view of a baggage car. QuincyPAW
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From: Duncan Cameron
To: BRHSlist
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 7:11 AM
Subject: [CBQ] turning passenger cars
Hi everyone. Operational question. In the last few years of the Zephyr
Rocket, there was a diner-lounge on the rear of the train between St. Louis and
Burlington (later cut back to West Quincy). I'm guessing (although I don't
really know the interior layout of these cars) that it would need to be turned
at either end so that the dining area was connected to the rest of the train
and the kitchen was at the rear. Is this the case? And would they use a
turntable for turning cars like this (or was there a wye handy at both ends)?
Any comments gratefully received.
Duncan Cameron
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