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Bill,
I think you’re on correct in thinking of a touring company. I believe the NYC cars are all end-door scenery cars. But no dining cars??
Dick Ryker
Pat,
I’d rely on this group, and the two MoPac groups on Yahoo. MPHS is trying to steer all serious discussion to this group for fear that Yahoo and soon cease to exist.
Dick Ryker
Ron,
I could only speculate and I doubt that would add to any knowledge base. All I know is that MoPac subs shared equipment for through trains, and head end cars were subject to per diem charges. Mail/express was heavier to the southwest than in reverse.
Any thing else would be conjecture and subject to the amount of bourbon I had consumed before the conversation started.
Quite an item, David. I have never seen such a device before.
So, this is a divergent question, does the copy of the parlor car tariff you own cover KC-Oma or Houston-Brownsville?
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My Service Changes List indicates that a grill-coach replaced the parlor-cafe-coach on 219-220 on April 1, 1954. I can fond no other notations regarding that service. So, that contradicts your Official Guide information. Also, my file doesn’t show when grill-coach service ended either.
Looks like it’s time for a timetable dive. . .
Bill,
The diagram sheet I have does not have any notations regarding parlor seats. It only shows the change you described in your note.
I would think a painting diagram would answer that question, Bill. Have any been published in the Eagle?
It would have been so easy to get it right.
Interesting question. I wonder why MP even recorded the consists. Other railroads, such as UP, did not.
Which state, Cade?
According to the book “Houston North Shore”, the Auto-railers were delivered in 1939. They were painted dark red and cream.
November 20, 2015 at 3:50 am in reply to: Accurail announces a 36′ DS boxcar MP is on the list #7504Link to Accurail’s announcement.
Mars and Gyralite are trade names like Westinghouse and General Electric. Both companies provided various headlights, and oscillating lighting.
On the Missouri Pacific- Texas & Pacific lines, passenger diesels had a red oscillating light in the top light housing. The headlight was placed in the door. On early E units through E-7, the headlight was a single bulb with a large reflector. The red light was somewhat smaller since it had a separate housing that moved as a unit. The red light did not illuminate unless the train was stopped and discharging passengers. This would signal on-coming trains to stop. (actual rules may have varied by track and signal types. I’d read a rule book to be certain.)
On E-8 locomotives, most of the lighting was from Pyle-National. The head light in the door was now two sealed beam lights mounted horizontally. In the upper housing was a vertical twin beam unit with two oscillating lights. The lower light was red and served the function described above. The upper light was a white oscillating light used for alerting drivers that a high speed train was approaching. It was illuminated when the train was moving.
Based on photos in various books, earlier E-units were all eventually upgraded with the sealed beam units
Ron –
I think that Kato made an SD-40 in HO. However, the models were probably made with dynamic brakes. I’d look on ebay.
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