Doors on Pullmans

Classic Trains General Discussion
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Hi

Older heavyweigth pullmasn had doors no “divided” one leaf, ligthweights have “splited” doors, know why the difference ? I like the second one because I use to ride on the vestibule with upper part open and watching outside.

Thanks

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There’s a practical reason for the split doors. When traffic was directed by written train orders they were handed up in a hoop so the conductor and/or brakeman could open the top half of the door and snag the orders w/o fear of falling out.

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I may be mistaken, but my memory says there were heavyweight Pullmans with divided doors, depending on which road assignment they were originally planned for.