Pullman question

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Thanks to all for the info.  I have passed it on to Sunset.

My O Scale Powhatan Arrow set from Sunset will be here next week.  I 
will let ya know how it looks.

Take care
Bill



On 1/28/2016 7:13 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> N&W acquired six 12-1 sleeping cars from Pullman in the 1948 
> divestiture.  Five cars had an inside length of 73 ft 10 inches:  
> Chilhowie, Galax, Lowry, Sunstar Rose, Vulcan.  Another car, 
> Cuttyhunk, was slightly different with an inside length of 72 ft 10 
> inches.  N&W also acquired two cars with 10 sections, 1 drawing room, 
> 1 compartment:  Island Regal and Island Rose. Some of these cars may 
> have been assigned to N&W service when the were owned and operated by 
> Pullman, They would have been Pullman green and lettered "PULLMAN" on 
> the letterboards.  After N&W bought them they were painted tuscan red, 
> striped and lettered like the attached photo of Chilhowie photographed 
> in Orlando, Florida on June 25, 1955.  Although Pullman sold most of 
> its heavyweight fleet to the railroads, the cars were leased back to 
> Pullman for operation.  In most cases Pullman was responsible for 
> painting and maintaining the cars.
> At least two 10 section-lounge cars were assigned to N&W service but 
> remained in Pullman ownership.  The cars were painted in N&W colors 
> but lettered PULLMAN on the letterboards.  Dinwiddie County had a 
> single vestibule and observation-lounge at its blunt end.  Norfolk 
> County had the same interior configuration, but with enclosed 
> vestibules at both ends.  Until circa 1954 these cars 
> operated Norfolk-Chicago in Pocahontas service.
> The attached photo is copied from /Classic Trains /magazine Summer 
> 2008 issue vol 9, issue 2.
> --Rick Morrison
>
> Moderator:
> http://nwhs.org/mailinglist/2016/20160128.NW_Pullman_Cuttyhunk121.pdf
>
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