Thanks for the reply Bob, I figured it had to be something more
than "a chair car is another name for a coach car".
David
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Bob Webber <no17@...> wrote:
>
> The official difference was that the coach seat was not a separate
> unit, didn't recline, had no leg rest - so it was very much like
the
> typical commuter seat. The chair was supposed to be plush,
separate,
> recline (depending on era) and have leg rests (ditto).
>
> These differences held up into the streamliner era - and on some
> roads, continued through to the end. But a lot on a lot of roads,
> the names morphed into each other. The chair was supposed to be a
> plusher, more for long term use. But by the time the light weight
> cars came, all of the seats were the same. But it was also the
same
> time that passenger revenues were dropping. So you had the
railroads
> cutting their losses in two ways - one class (less different
> maintenance, parts, etc.) and one price (better for the
> traffic). Some railroads, like the Q & AT&SF really pushed hard
for
> this traffic and it showed on the bottom line. Others didn't - and
> it showed there too.
>
>
> t 11:00 AM 4/5/2007, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> >2a.
> > PostChair Car VS. Coach Cared by: "david_f_pease"
> > davidp@... david_f_pease
> > Date: Wed Apr 4, 2007 3:42 pm ((PDT))
> >
> >I was reading William Glick's new book Burlington passenger car
> >photo album, when my wife (looking over my shoulder) ask me what
> >the difference between a chair car and a coach car was. I said I
> >have no idea. Looking at the photos they looked the same. I
> >decided to google the question, on train.com they had a glossary
> >of train terms the defined a chair car as another name for coach
> >car. Ok this satisfied me until I got to page 300 in the book
> >which has pictures of Burlington coach car 6117 which has both a
> >chair and coach section. Ack! Ok the only thing different that I
> >could see was the seating, however, I have seen both types of
> >seating in both types of cars. So what is the real difference?
> >Maybe cost of tickets? Leg room?
> >
> >David
>
> Bob Webber
>
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