The trainmen could walk down the aisle at the end of the run, and push the seatbacks over, so passengers would now face the new direction. Very easy and simple. Later versions were “flipover”.
Thank you, Railiner...I found some nice pictures and more description of walkover seats at Coach Accommodations – Northern Central Railway of York, a "heritage" railroad, and am now hankering for a trip to York, PA. As soon as I lace my corset.
That's the type of car that my grandfather rode in 1917 from Portland to Hoboken and Baltimore when the Oregon National Guard was sent to patrol the harbors. It was markedly better than the boxcars my great-great grandfather rode from Indianapolis to Chattanooga in 1863. Today's skiers take leg-rest, reclining seats for granted on a two-hour trip.
Here's what it looks like from the outside:
(Don't believe me? Google Gettysburg address PowerPoint presentation and you'll see.)
I guess that explains why the Gettysburg Address was so short as he had to finish it while he still had battery, since the coaches had no electrical outlets or USB ports in those daysHere's what it looks like from the outside:
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The cars are new build, they have modern knuckle couplers and air brakes. You'll have to check the schedule carefully, as they usually have this one pulling the train:
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It's a nice vintage diesel and all, but I don't think it's what Mr. Lincoln experienced on his ride to Gettysburg while he was writing his speech on his laptop.
And it includes a 1948 photo that shows walkover seats.
complete with wood stove in the corner.
Looks like Berthoud was closed last week again and over the weekend (possibly).
I-70 was disrupted by tractor-trailer rigs trying to get over the hills without chains. The State Patrol was busy writing tickets for that, but of course the disruption had already occurred.
I’m pretty sure it’s because DUS doesn’t like when the engines are at the ‘front’ of the train when they pull into the station because of exhaust complaints.
Exactly. And refueling is always done on the protected segment of roadbed outside of the train shed.
Presumable when approaching (or leaving) a stub station, the train would be moving very slowly for the last mile or so. Would it be able to operate with only the pusher engine actually running? Would a single engine in the back (controlled from the engine in the front, whose diesel motor was shut down) have enough power to push a typical train the last few thousand feet or so on level ground at 10mph or less into the station?
We have seen newly built Chargers being ferried on transcontinental Amtrak trains as dead loads, with several videos of this posted on this forum.
The last time I looked, which admittedly was a while back, about 70 Superliner Is and 20 or so Superliner IIs are equipped with train lines for use in push-pull operations. Since then those numbers may have increased. But if those numbers are currently true then while i t would not be difficult to selectively use those cars in the single consist used by the Ski Train. It would be considerably harder to equip all consists of the CZ exclusively with those.
We talked about this a few months ago and I mentioned seeing the ski train and riding the Yampa Valley train while at CSU. I've now, finally, embarked on a never ending project to scan my many slides from long ago. I had forgotten about these. They were taken on my second trip out west in April of 1966. We rode the Yampa Valley to Bond/Orestod and the CZ back. The westbound CZ was late and running behind the YV that day so we were able to walk down the hill to see it. Meanwhile our train was accelerating to Steamboat Springs and Craig. Love those smoking Alco PA's and talk about a perfect train for a railfan!
What was that UP car doing in the consist in the second photo, trailing the 5771?
Good question. While you would often see interline baggage cars in the east where a southeastern road sent them to PRR, the UP went most everywhere of significance the DRGW/WP went. And the UP didn’t absorb the WP until 1982.What was that UP car doing in the consist in the second photo, trailing the 5771?
