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Dick,
It appears that parlor car service between Memphis and Hot Springs ended sometime in April 1957 if Official Guide listings are accurate. [Parlor service is shown in April 1957 Official Guide, but is absent in May 1957.] After that time, coaches and a grill coach (and head end cars) operated between Memphis and Little Rock, with the addition of through Pullman cars between Little Rock and Hot Springs. Several consists of trains 219 and 220 on June 16-17, 1957 show grill coach 874. My initial question presumed that this car was also providing parlor service, but it now appears that parlor car service ended prior to mid-June, and that 874 was indeed nothing more or less than a grill coach. This particular conductor started working extra-board passenger in March 1957 and received a parlor car tariff at that time; that and the parlor notation in the March 1957 Official Guide confirm that parlor service was still in place in March. Going back a couple of years, a January 1955 consist of 219 and 220 listed car 10910 in service as a cafe-parlor-coach. Do your passenger circulars provide any more specific end of parlor car service on this line?
Bill Pollard
