Vestibules on passenger cars

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 Diner orientation varied, as most diners were not turned between eastbound and westbound assignments. The exception was the Powhatan Arrow, where the entire train got turned at terminals (for a time). On the Pocahontas and Cavalier, it usually was kitchen first eastbound. On the Shenandoah, it was kitchen first southbound. It also related to the relation of the diner kitchen to the Roanoke commissary, which is why mainline trains generally ran with the kitchen side of the car on the north side, so they could load directly into the kitchen.
Jim Nichols
    On Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 02:39:57 PM CDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  
 
   
Another orientation question if you don't mind.  Was the kitchen ahead or behind on the dining cars?  Or did it matter?
 
Walter Davis
 
 On 9/3/2024 10:34 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:
  
 Walter

As Jim said, it was not always trailing, but that was the desired set up if possible. On occasion, when the opportunity appeared, they might even turn a car to keep it trailing. I know when I was dealing with setting up consists for excursion trains, I would always specify to have vestibules trailing. I doubt even 10 percent of today’s railroaders even would know what we are talking about!

Best
Ken

 
 On Sep 3, 2024, at 10:00 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

Thanks Ken.  I'm just hoping to get my consists in order.  This helps.
Walter Davis
On 9/2/2024 10:04 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
 
 Walter

Generally from what I’ve seen, vestibules were trailing, or to the rear if possible.

Best
Ken Miller


 
 On Sep 2, 2024, at 7:30 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

Did the N&W have a preferred way to orient the vestibules on their passenger cars, either towards the front of the train or towards the rear?
Walter Davis, Youngsville, NC
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