"Jim Crow" AKA Divided Coaches in the south

[NP Eddie]

What railroads ran "Jim Crow" AKA divided coaches in the south?

A few years back, I belonged to the Friends of the 261. They owned a former Central of Georgia "divided" coach. I knew it when i first stepped inside. These coaches were separate, but not equal as the "colored" restrooms were very small and the "white" restrooms were very spacious.

I read that the PRR would not buy divided coaches for their pool cars to the south, but purchased baggage coaches instead.

Ed Burns of Anoka, MN

[timz]

SP's 44-seat Budd coaches for the 1950 streamlined Sunset included some; the window spacing identifies the divided ones from the outside. Anyone know how long they stayed divided? Did they run all the way to LA?

[henry6]

NP Eddie

What railroads ran "Jim Crow" AKA divided coaches in the south?

A few years back, I belonged to the Friends of the 261. They owned a former Central of Georgia "divided" coach. I knew it when i first stepped inside. These coaches were separate, but not equal as the "colored" restrooms were very small and the "white" restrooms were very spacious.

I read that the PRR would not buy divided coaches for their pool cars to the south, but purchased baggage coaches instead.

Ed Burns of Anoka, MN

Any and all railroads that operated passenger service in the American South, basically those states south of the Mason-Dixon Line in the east,  states south of the Ohio River in the mid west, and south of the grain belt in the plains states to the RIo Grande, though not sure about Texas.

[R.N. Nelson]

While in the Army  in 1957,  I rode from Columbus, GA to Atlanta on the Central of Georgia. Since this was an intra-state move, it was not governed by the Federal regulations banning Jim Crow seating.So this train had a "Jim Crow" Combine for the Blacks and a separate Coach for the  Whites.

I was in the non-A/C Coach and wanted to get a soda before we pulled out. The machine was in the Jim Crow car (The Combine)  When I started to enter it, the Conductor stopped me and said it was not for me. So I passed my 5-cents at the door to a Black Army buddy in that car, who bought the soda  and brought it back to me.

Once in Atlanta, we boarded a train to the north that was inter-state and we all sat together. I was headed home to Washington D.C. and the Black guys were heading to New York.

 

Norman

 

 

 

[efftenxrfe]

Riding the Georgia 'road mixed from Augusta to Atlanta, I was stopped when trying to go into the car ahead  with "You don't belong there,  son."  February 1964. Dressed in Army Class A's, riding on the grace bestowed by my B of LF & E dues receipts, AWOL on the first pass granted by the MP training company's top sergeant who swore that his exports to   Vietnam would function better than the ones he was there with. Anyway he said 25 miles radius from Augusta.....No passes for 4 weeks  and no civvies even then, I didn' t gripe

That's where I met Jim Crow..