What is a "partition coach"

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Frank,

I believe this was a car equipped with a partition, roughly dividing the car 
in half; its purpose was to comply with those states that had Jim Crow laws. 
I believe some combines were also equipped with a partition.

Jim Brewer
Glenwood MD

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Subject: What is a "partition coach"



> Good afternoon:

>

> I was looking at the attached page from a 1953 N&W

> Consist Book.  Trains 25 and 26 included a "partition

> coach" which I am unfamilar with.  It is also the only

> train which included a schematic for aligning

> vestibules.  Also, unlike other pages, it is missing

> the notes A through F.

>

> I'd welcome information about what a partition coach

> was or other aspects about the car alignment in the

> consist.

>

> Thank you,

>

> Frank Scheer

> f_scheer at yahoo.com



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