Hi Charlie, would you characterize the double-ended obs arrangement as
moderately common, occasional, rare, etc? You happen to have caught me
at a time where I'm assembling a reasonable facsimile of a TCZ, and this
consist might be of interest to me. :-) What the world needs now is a
model of a Q tavern/baggage! (It probably exists, I haven't gone
looking yet)
Lyle
Charlie Vlk wrote:
>Duncan and Tom-
>The heavyweight diner-lounge might not have been turned...depends on the era
>as most often diners were run with the kitchen end forward...
>The TCZ often ran with an observation car on both ends....either one of the
>diner-lounge-observations or sometimes the Q's NCL car in silver.
>Also remember seeing square end dome obvs cars (DZ, KCZ) and GN Mountain
>series cars used the same way.
>This would be later in the 60's as things didn't go to hell until after 1965
>or thereabouts IIRC....
>Charlie Vlk
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