Mike -- we have to recognize that we are not talking DL&W cars (plural) but just one -- #99. The Diamond, Vol 11, #1, has 3 photos of #99 with the raised windows in the passageway and room area but none in the dining room region. The pictures are all dated 1962.
Erie #2/1/2 , built 1930, had the same arrangement, shown on the diagram dated 1930 and 1938. Both were obviously built that way. Neither shows any raised windows in the dining room for privacy. Besides, how many high-level platforms did the car encounter?
Erie 1/2/1 and 3 and DL&W 97 and 98 had the normal window line, as did all the rest. 99 and 2/1/2 were different.
Randy Brown, no longer in Jeopardy.
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In a message dated 10/5/04 5:27:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jananran_@_mymailstation.com writes:
> A thought just occured: if the primary use of #99 changed from overnight to
> daytime, perhaps one or more of the sleeping rooms became dining rooms.
> However, all indications are that both cars were built with the raised
> windows.
>
> Randy Brown, ELHS nit-picker #16
In the voice of Alex Trebeck -- "I'm sorry, Randy, that's not the answer our judges were looking for."
Photos of the DL&W biz cars in steam-era green show the window band as God and Pullman intended, straight across. Oh, the panes. Reconfiguring biz car interiors is not out of the question, and I don't know if that was done or not.
I can't speak for the Erie cars.
....Mike
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