Tom,
Passengers were allowed to ride the cars, but for reasons you cite they
seldom did. This was one of the downfalls of the idea. It was supposed to
allow the passengers true connecting service, but most of them traveled between
stations by other means. The PRR ran through sleepers on trains that made the
best connections with their western counterparts. These were not always "the
premier trains". The "Silver Rapids" and its CB&Q, D&RGW, and WP compatriots
traveled the Broadway Limited, but several other car lines were carried by
lesser PRR trains. PRR also had through service with several roads through St.
Louis. Mostly to Texas. B&O did also. Not sure about the NYC. Of course
cars of the C&O, Southern, ACL, and SBD all rode the PRR between Washington and
New York City. A very interesting through car service was the Southern's New
Royal Palm which ran from Cincinnati to Florida. Much of its consist was made
up of cars from various points on the NYC. I think there were three NYC trains
that converged on Cincinnati and brought in cars from at least four cities that
were added to the train in Cincinnati. The PRR did something similar with the
L&N. To anyone wanting to read more on Pullman operations across the
continent, I highly recommend the book "Night Trains" by Peter Mailken. You
can usually find copies online cheap at eBay or Amazon.
Jamie Bothwell
Bethlehem, PA
On Aug 20, 2010, at 7:33 AM, Thomas Baker wrote:
> ...
> It is not entirely clear to me whether the Pullman passengers would be
> allowed to ride along on this interesting journey or whether they would
> disembark, check out downtown Chicago, or be forwarded to the station in
> question by Parmalee Taxi. If the Pullman for the western train was brought
> to the coach yard of the forwarding railroad where it was coupled to the
> western train, then I doubt that the passengers would care to reside in their
> car while it sat for hours in the coach yard because the trains from the East
> usually arrived in the morning hours in Chicago, and the western trains
> typically left Chicago between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. I refer of course to
> the premier trains of the respective roads offering this service.
>
> Tom
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