breezinup posted:Hot Water posted:Just because the CZ carried a PRR car in the consist does NOT mean that the PRR was even remotely involved in the "operation of" the CZ.
I don't know. Seems if a railroad supplies some cars for a train, it's involved in the operation of that train. I'm sure there were numerous agreements entered into and requirements exchanged between the Pennsylvania and the DRG, WP and Q involving the accommodation of a through sleeper, that affected the operation of the train.
As to what constitutes "operation" of the CZ, that's a matter of semantics. I believe there is a difference between operating a train, and being involved in the operation of a train. The specific requirement here is to name the railroads "involved in" the operation. I think the Pennsylvania was indeed "involved in" the operation.
As was the NYC when it occasionally added the PRR CZ car to one of its NYC bound trains.
