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Has anyone seen/own a 9900 Zephyr that has a loco in the front and the back? I picked up a large Burlington Zephyr asst last week and I noticed one of the powered locos has no rear vestibule attached and uses a top pin coupler, but the other has a rear trailing truck and finished vestibule in the back with the hole for a top pin and lower female pin coupler to mount the coaches backwards? Were the locos with vestibules used for 3-car sets without the observation car, and the loco without the attached vestibule for the longer sets with the observation car (because those normally come with the vestibule attached). I noticed a few of the Comet double-ended sets come with one of each style loco. 

Examples:

4-car 9900 zephyr

Open rear loco closed observation3-car 9900

trailing truck loco and open front of observation

4-car comet

Comet double ended

5-car 9900 electric

loco with rear trailing truck and open front observation, note 4-window instead of 6-window coaches, 

 

The Kimball book merely list the loco as a #562 Power car and having no trailing truck, whether electric or clockwork. But, a footnote at the end of the Zephyr section mentions reports of 562s with both power and trailing trucks that were constructed in a similar fashion to the Comets using 4-window coaches instead of the normal 6-window. 

To be honest I never noticed the difference until I started unpacking assortment. 

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Last edited by Jim O'C
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Look closely at the art on the ends of each car.  You'll notice that the closed ends (non exposed ends) have vertical striping on them.  This is to simulate the gaskets of the companion ways.  The end with the vertical striping of your "double ended loco" fits into the open end of one of the cars, which fits into the open end of the next car, which fits into the open end of the lead loco.  Thus, you have a 4 car articulated train.

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