The second and third cars appear to be 16-section Pullman tourist cars, and the
fifth car is a CPR coach. The sixth and seventh are Pullmans which I presume
are first class sleepers. The A series diner may be serving just the coach and
tourist cars, with another diner to the rear serving the first class cars. If
the A series diner was serving the whole train it would likely have been behind
the coach.
Don Thomas
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From: grandcs@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To: cprsig
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 10:52 AM
Subject: RE: [cpsig] Mountaineer in 1941
The fourth car back appears to be an A series dining car.
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From: rgburrows@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:40:35 -0700
Subject: Re: [cpsig] Mountaineer in 1941
Yes, the roof bulges. So that would make the first car [which appears
to me to be a combination-type car] a Pullman car also? Interesting.
Roger
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From: Rob Kirkham
To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 8:16 AM
Subject: Re: [cpsig] Mountaineer in 1941
Just one comment from my own observations Roger - the Pullman company
had
air conditioned cars with the aid conditioning ducted outside the
original
clerestory roof (in the bulges you can see in the photo). CPR cars
ducted
internally, without the bulges (at least as a general rule). So I have
little doubt those are Pullmans.
I was hoping to find a Life Mag. story on the train, but nothing so
far.
Rob Kirkham
