QUOTE: Originally posted by goduckies they have 4 cars in the Coast Starlight Parlor Car service. They have been done up real nice, and there was a plan to add those cars to other trains as well, but I think that it fell through. Brad
QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken Whilst waiting for somebody [|)][|)][|)] from the platform on the platform at La Junta, had a look at #4's consist and it jibes with M636's comments. The only lower connection is the transition car/ crew dorm that connects to the baggage cars. It's been a long time since I've seen the old Santa Fe El Capitan high level cars that inspired the Superliners, but I think they are the same. I read somewhere that Amthrax retired the El Cap cars, but never heard their fate. (Sold, sitting at Beech Grove or scrapped?).... For the unitiated, the El Cap cars look similar to the Superliners, are just slightly shorter in height and have corrugated metal sides instead of smooth metal sides. mc
QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton spf Well I got them, of course, since I would have liked to get some shots out the back window. I understand that they run until the contract expires. Jay
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QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton MC- I'm still sorry about that. I promise the next time for sure. Dave- I couldn't get an end shot of a superliner as the SW Chief is still dragging express boxes, but Peter has given you the straight scoop. Jay[*^_^*][*^_^*][*^_^*][*^_^*]
QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton MC- I'm still sorry about that. Jay[*^_^*][*^_^*][*^_^*][*^_^*]
QUOTE: Originally posted by M636C Dave, The November "Trains" has appeared on the Newsagent shelves and I bought my copy an hour ago! Now, to the upper photo on page 13, the Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo. The light is high and from the rear of the train (always is there when I've tried to photograph the locomotives). What you are seeing is the diaphragm in its usual high location, and the stainless steel collision posts extending below it. The shape of the shadow in this particular shot gives the impression that they are the same depth, which is not the case. The diaphagn rubbing plate is black and not as wide as the silver grey collision posts below them. The socket for the jumper cable I mentioned in an earlier post is just visible above a cross brace between the two collision posts. As an aside, the lower photo of the"Texas Eagle" shows a transition sleeper coupled to an Amfleet car - no high level diaphragm is visible, as it would be, in this photo. The VIA Renaissance article in the November issue looks good - strange nobody's commented on that! Peter
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QUOTE: Originally posted by drephpe Dave-- I went back and looked at a lot of photos of S1 & S2 cars to refresh my memory, and I have found none with a full-height diaphragm. The high floor cars have a standard size high diaphragm and the xitions have one high and one low. There may be an access door on the end beneath the diaphragm--I'm still checking on this but I'm out of town. However, there is no crew crawl space between cars to my knowledge.
QUOTE: Originally posted by drephpe The S1 seat pitch for the coach bags is considerably tighter than the full coaches, and would most approximate day coach and not overnight seat pitch.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan What is the passenger capacity for the Superliner Coachs and the Coach/Baggage cars?
QUOTE: Originally posted by M636C Nobody seems to have sprung the answer to the initial question about the diaphragm just yet - any clues out there? Peter
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