> Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 12:42:53 -0400 > From: Jamie Bothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >On Sep 16, 2005, at 3:24 PM, Edward Loizeaux wrote: >>A serious passenger car guy will not want to run a PRR car on his NYC layout. > >Ed, > Actually a serious NYC passenger guy might want a PRR car on >his layout, and it would be a California Zephyr car to boot! Of >course it all depends on the era and location modeled, but in the >early CZ era the PRR bought one 10-6 from Budd that was an exact >match for the 10-6's bought by WP, CB&Q, and DRGW for CZ service. > >There was a through car route that took one 10-6 to New York every >day. It ran on the PRR one day and the NYC the next, so every once >in a while it would have worked out the PRR car was coming back from >the west on a day when it would be handed off to the NYC. > >I think this car ran on the 20th Century. It was the "Silver Rapids" >and it carried CZ on the letterboards while in this service. It had >small "PRR"'s near the ends. Stainless steel on the outside of >course. > >If you can't bear to have a PRR car, you could get one form one or >more of the other three roads.
Nice try, Jamie, but I think Ed can wiggle out of this one. Yes, the through car operated via the NYC Lake Shore Limited and the PRR Pennsylvania Limited on alternating days. However, I seem to recall that our local Burlington guru, Rusty Rustermier, has stated that the NYC operated a Rio Grande car. Because of the even-day eastbound and odd-day westbound arrangement between Chicago and New York, the Zephyr cars always operated on the same road. The 20th Century did have transcontinental sleepers, though not from the Zephyr. Looking at the December 1954 Official Guide, I see that it carried not one but two cars that connected with the Santa Fe "Super Chief" daily. The "Super Chief" appears to have been the train of choice for travelers crossing the country. Besides the two NYC sleepers, the "Super Chief" carried a third New York City sleeper off the PRR Broadway Limited and a Washington sleeper from the B&O (westbound "Shenandoah" and eastbound "Capitol Limited"). -- Bill Roberts, San Francisco, California To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL; to reply to the sender, use REPLY. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list (remember to edit the SUBJECT of your message). Change message settings, use our CALENDAR or LINKS, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
