Re: Pullman sleeper Toltec

Dan Robirds Wrot
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> Do I dare ask what plan the NCO (xTonopah?) ones
> were?
>
> Did the ng Pullmans follow the same pattern as the
> sg ones as in:
> 1. Owned by Pullman, leased to the railroad?

While operating on the Rio Grande the cars were owned by Pullman. From what I have read there generally was an agreement between the railroads and Pullman regarding covering of costs and sharing of profits.

When on the Tonopah and the NCO the cars were owned by the railroads and operated by them

> 2. Operated for the railroad using a "Pullman
> Conductor" as well as a porter?

In the 20th century, separate Pullman conductors were only utilized when more than three Pullman cars were operated on a train. Otherwise there was a "porter in charge" who lifted the Pullman tickets and made the reports. The pay level of the "porter in charge" was a point of contention by the porters especially after they were able to organize a union.

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