Re: Southern Pacific Triple Unit Dining Car Sold
Author: Al Stangenberger
Date: 04-18-2013 - 09:33
smitty195 Wrote:
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> Cool stuff--thanks. I've never seen or heard of
> one of these before. Whoever bought it, it sure
> looks like they have a lot of work to do to get it
> back in shape again.
Back in the 1950's when the Coast Daylight was 15-20 cars, they needed lots of seats in the dining cars to handle the lunch crowd. There wasn't much (any?) getting food and carrying it back to your (reserved) seat, and the Aplets and Cotlets sold by the news agent weren't enough for a meal...