A question like this came up a while ago and should be in the archives.
The "single level" car was a power car - a car with a generator - since the
E Units did not get HEP until the 1970's and the bi-levels were not
powered. This provided the power for the bi-levels.
The Q did not go "push-pull" until 1965 - so the power cars remained at one
end of the train (the commuter trains were not "turned"). If I remember
right, the power car was always on the "west" end of the train - that is, it
was on the end of the eastbound train and it was the first car behind the
engine on the westbound.
At CUS and Aurora, the crew "flipped" the walk-over seats the other way and
the train was ready to go.
The power cars were rebuilt 7100 series cars. There is a nice two part
article on the Q commuter service some years ago in Passenger Train Journal
by Ed DeRouin. I think an abbreviated version was recently published in
First and Fastest - the North Shore Historical Group's publication.
Rich G.
In a message dated 10/23/2009 7:09:04 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
supplementless@yahoo.com writes:
I have seen several photos of commuter trains that show the single level
cars combined with the "new" bi-level cars. However the bi-level cars are
always trailing. Is this by chance or by design. If by design than why?
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