Doors on Pullmans

[Rio Presidio]

Hi

Older heavyweigth pullmasn had doors no "divided" one leaf, ligthweights have "splited" doors, know why the difference ? I like the second one because I use to ride on the vestibule with upper part open and watching outside.

 

Thanks

[al-in-chgo]

Hi

Older heavyweigth pullmasn had doors no "divided" one leaf, ligthweights have "splited" doors, know why the difference ? I like the second one because I use to ride on the vestibule with upper part open and watching outside.

 

Thanks

Mr. Presidio, yo no se.  But if your question does not receive an answer by the end of the Fourth of July weekend, you might want post it on the TRAINS - PASSENGER site.

iBuena Suerte!   -  al-in-chgo

[al-in-chgo]

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[jimrice4449]

There's a practical reason for the split doors.   When traffic was directed by written train orders they were handed up in a hoop so the conductor and/or brakeman could open the top half of the door and snag the orders w/o fear of falling out.

[daveklepper]

I may be mistaken, but my memory says there were heavyweight Pullmans with divided doors, depending on which road assignment they were originally planned for.