Re: San Juan baggage cars
| September 29, 2022 11:08PM |
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albspng Wrote:
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> I thought about that, but, if the cars had
> interior shades, my thought was heavy canvas on
> the exterior would be surperfulous, and labor
> intensive. The Grande was natoriously stingy to
> pay for labor that could be avoided.
I don't see what ever you see as canvas. All I see is the shadows of the window openings on the sides of the cars blending together as one big dark shadow.
The drgw coaches both chili line and San Juan had interior shades. Pretty much all passenger cars did.
In the winter the San Juan cars had "storm windows" added to the exterior of the windows. These were I believe metal frames with glass and they were mounted on studs with wing nuts. But these looked smooth unlike what you see.
Below are two photos of San Juan Parlor/buffet car Durango with and without the winter storm windows.
Jeff Taylor
CRRM curator of equipment and rolling stock.
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> I thought about that, but, if the cars had
> interior shades, my thought was heavy canvas on
> the exterior would be surperfulous, and labor
> intensive. The Grande was natoriously stingy to
> pay for labor that could be avoided.
I don't see what ever you see as canvas. All I see is the shadows of the window openings on the sides of the cars blending together as one big dark shadow.
The drgw coaches both chili line and San Juan had interior shades. Pretty much all passenger cars did.
In the winter the San Juan cars had "storm windows" added to the exterior of the windows. These were I believe metal frames with glass and they were mounted on studs with wing nuts. But these looked smooth unlike what you see.
Below are two photos of San Juan Parlor/buffet car Durango with and without the winter storm windows.
Jeff Taylor
CRRM curator of equipment and rolling stock.
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