Original Floor Plan and Interior Finishes of # 6751
Car # 6751 was one of 11
steel day parlour cars (# 6750-6760) built between 1928 and 1930.
These were put into service in several locations, including the
Trans-Canada Limited between Ottawa and Montreal. The design of
Car # 6751 was based on normal parlour car designs for
that period, however, the main room was made slightly larger than
most cars of this style and contained 30 overstuffed plush upholstered
chairs.
At
the A-end of the car was a men's smoking and wash room with a
sofa, an attached toilet room, and a hallway alongside it. The
main parlour room containing the two lines of parlour chairs,
was also headed by a beautiful sideboard with a small writing
desk beside it. Since the car was for day use only, overhead brass
racks allowed for storage of hats, suitcases and coats, etc. At
the other end of this room, a portal from the central aisle contained
a small drinking fountain. This led to a small aisle which bypassed
a very small ladies' room containing one seat and an attached
toilet room.
The
interiors were finished in quarter-sawn Honduran Mahogany. Simple
marquetry border designs were placed on the panels between and
above the windows. Five large brass decorative grills covered
vents in the upper ceilings and double-globed brass fixtures attached
to the lower edge of the clerestory provided lighting at night.