In a message dated 10/6/04 9:32:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
jananran_@_mymailstation.com writes:
> 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.
Hi Randy,
Of course, where's a photo when you need one. I have vintage photos of
the others, but not the Pocono. And it figures that in my piles-o-paper I
can't find a drawing for it, either, but seemingly every other obs car in the
fleet.
I will keep looking. Perry did say that he had the windows raised,
mentioning the fine work in the shop, etc. Perhaps there was an error in context
("had the windows raised" may have meant that the windows were raised). You're
right in that the 99 / Pocono was a single car, purchased from one of DL&W's
directors during the Davis years, a man named George F. Baker in 1937.
Looking at the photo of 99 in the color guide, I wonder if the railfans
of that time criticized the railroad for painting it in stripes, rather than
running it in the traditional Pullman green.
....Mike
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