Years ago MRHA did an article about the MILW branch line passenger cars. Cannot recall if it was centered on modeling them, or? Perhaps do a search of the MRHA web site?
NP Slumbercoach 325 "Loch Sloy", Denver, CO, circa 1971 (Bob Jordan) NP Baggage 409, Denver, CO, circa 1972 (Bob Jordan)
Northern Pacific Diner 460, Denver, CO, circa 1971 (Bob Jordan) NP Traveller's Rest 496, Denver, CO, circa 1971 (Bob Jordan)
NP Dome Coach 55x, Denver, CO, circa 1971 (Bob Jordan) NP Dome Coach 800290 (ex-CB&Q NCL Pool 558), Denver, CO, October 2001 (Bob Jordan)
Northern Sky Charters 11DBR 800710 "Northern Dreams", Denver, CO, October 2001 (Bob Jordan) Northern Sky Charters Dome-Lounge-Obs. 800588 "Northern Sky", Denver, CO, October 2001 (Bob Jordan)
Northern Sky Charters Dome-Lounge-Obs. 800588 "Northern Sky", Denver, CO, October 2001 (Bob Jordan) Penn Central Parlor-Obs. 7128 "George Washington", Denver, CO, mid-1990s (Bob Jordan)
Unknown Pullman 12-1 Sleeper, Denver, CO, mid-1990s (Bob Jordan) Rail Ventures PV 800212 "Bella Vista", Denver, CO, October 2001 (Bob Jordan)
Is there a website that explains how to spot the differences between the myriad types of passenger cars? 12-1 probably means 12 roomettes, 1 bedroom, but I have no idea how to tell the difference by the window config.
Close, its a 12 Section-1 Drawing Room car. As for a website, there's not one that I know of. As for window configuration, on the 12-1 cars, the two windows at the far left (near the vestibule) are the restroom windows, the next set of paired windows is the Drawing Room, the next 6 sets of paired windows are the section windows (6 sections per side) and the two windows closest are aisle windows (facing the doorway for the other restroom).
Rail Ventures PV 800344 "Yerba Buena", Denver, CO, October 2001 (Bob Jordan) Rio Grande Steam Generator 250, Denver, CO, Early 1970s (Bob Jordan)
Nice use of an ex-steam loco tender for a steam generator car. And Yerba Buena looks nice and clean, and classy!
Interesting how the first steam generator, on the access door, it say's to "Leave the Door Open When Steam Generator is in Operation", and the others say, "Keep Door Closed when in Service". Odd...
I believe that it has to do with the different aerodynamic differences in the tender body verses the PB body. The vortices caused by the interaction of the Earth's Coriolis force and the rotation of the train wheels as well as the air coming around the car bodies caused a suction at the end of the PB body that snuffed out the fire in the steam generator while it was required to keep things going in the tender body.
