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I am a passenger train enthusiast also. To my knowledge and from all the Walthers kits I have built over the years, the A/C duct work on the roof covered only passenger areas. The length of the "A/C strip" was, e.g. Dining Car: only where passengers sat at tables for meals. Pullman Cars: duct work only over bedrooms, roomettes, births, etc. The faring from the top of the monitor roof to the lower tier was always a problem in kit form. Walthers tried to solve the problem with white metal castings but I found it easier to "fill-in" with wood putty and do some careful fine sanding. Some Pullman Car configurations did indeed run the full-length of the car (usually Club, Observation and Business cars. A few modelers opted to simply choose the high arch (Northeastern Wood) roof sections for "full length" ducts. Unfortunately, the "high arch" roof is not the same profile as monitor roofing with A.C. duct work added. [Ice lockers should be added to the underbody detail also.] There isn't any uniformity except in identical floor plans. In other words, there can be a difference in the length of duct work on an individual car from one side to the opposite side. In my opinion, this is a feature that makes the heavy weight standard cars more intresting than the later "smooth or fluted side" streamliner types. The various "broken" horizontal roof lines seems to add variety that is lacking in later compressor driven A/C (modernized) standards, smooth and fluted sided cars. Mind you, most standard heavy weight "Day Coaches" would not have A/C duct work but monitor roofing only. I hope this is of some value for using your options in building or checking the accuracy of R. to R. cars.
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