kstrong So, I think the answer is "wherever, however." There's a prototype for everything. Later, K
So, I think the answer is "wherever, however." There's a prototype for everything.
Later,
K
The best ansure is alway's last, K Thank You.
Dave
The head is gray, hands don't work , back is weak, legs give out, eyes are gone, money go's and my wife still love's Me.
I've seen both in photographs. Beebe and Clegg's "Mixed Train Daily" has lots of examples of shortlines where the "daily mixed" was the only train through. The majority of the photos in that book show the passenger cars at the rear of the train, though there are also photos showing them placed in the middle (which I would presume to be to facilitate setting out a cut of cars either in front or behind it) and also in the front. And by "passenger cars," it's usually a single combine or coach, or maybe one of each. I don't know that I've seen photos of a mixed train that had more than two passenger cars in the consist.
If the passenger cars were on the rear, they were most often forward of the caboose (or took the place of it), but one or two photos show the passenger cars to the rear of the caboose.
In general the passenger cars are usually after the engine, steam heat, less coupler jerk on starting, also frieght cars that may need to cut out along the way would be easier to do if they were spotted behind the passenger cars. The only exception being if a passenger car, usually a combine is being used as the caboose, very common on small lines, in that case it would be on the end.
Have fun with your trains
Are you running short line or Class 1 road? The other question: are you running just a single passenger car or is it a local with freight added to it? example if you are running reefers on your train they would be at the front of the train along with REA cars. But like the other post mentioned if it's winter time then the passengers would be up front for steam for the heaters. This is what I learned from family that worked for the railroads. Hope it helps.
SteamDemon
Depends on a couple of things. If it's not summer time, a passenger car equipped with steam heat would have to be right behind the engine, in order to get steam from the engine. If the car had it's own heater (like a coal or oil stove) it would probably be at the end of the train, instead of a caboose.
I would like to run a prototype Mixed train what is after the tender Passenger cars or box cars??
Confused ( AKA Dave )
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