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That is correct. Often the 'Jim Crow' car was older equipment and non-air-conditioned, although on streamlined trains many railroads attempted to at least keep up appearances. Check the floorplans for the Sunset Limited of 1950 (available in an article on my web site)...all brand-new equipment, but at the front a "Divided" coach with four toilets and a separate seating area. "Divided" cars (almost always coaches) were euphemisms for 'Jim Crow' coaches.Fun fact: After the Supreme Court handed down a ruling (1947, IIRC) that railroads in interstate service could not prohibit colored passengers from purchasing sleeper tickets, many if not most conductors who encountered a fare-paying colored passenger in a sleeper car would "bump" that passenger up from an open section or berth service (the least expensive form of sleeper travel) to a private room...out of sight, out of mind, y'know. Also, the Galveston Railroad Museum (where I occasionally volunteer) has a dining car in their collection from the 1949 Crescent equipment, built after the Supreme Court decision referenced above. It has two tables at the far end of the car separated from the main seating area by glass partitions. I haven't found a primary reference on this yet, but I'm all but certain that this design was intended to create a segregated seating area for any colored passengers who insisted upon eating in the dining car.
That is correct. Often the 'Jim Crow' car was older equipment and non-air-conditioned, although on streamlined trains many railroads attempted to at least keep up appearances. Check the floorplans for the Sunset Limited of 1950 (available in an article on my web site)...all brand-new equipment, but at the front a "Divided" coach with four toilets and a separate seating area. "Divided" cars (almost always coaches) were euphemisms for 'Jim Crow' coaches.
Fun fact: After the Supreme Court handed down a ruling (1947, IIRC) that railroads in interstate service could not prohibit colored passengers from purchasing sleeper tickets, many if not most conductors who encountered a fare-paying colored passenger in a sleeper car would "bump" that passenger up from an open section or berth service (the least expensive form of sleeper travel) to a private room...out of sight, out of mind, y'know. Also, the Galveston Railroad Museum (where I occasionally volunteer) has a dining car in their collection from the 1949 Crescent equipment, built after the Supreme Court decision referenced above. It has two tables at the far end of the car separated from the main seating area by glass partitions. I haven't found a primary reference on this yet, but I'm all but certain that this design was intended to create a segregated seating area for any colored passengers who insisted upon eating in the dining car.
