The LIRR Cannonball was a summer only all parlor car express to the Hamptons and Montauk. There were parlor cars on many other LI trains to the East End as well. The parlor car service ended when the diesel-hauled cars were replaced with the new bilevels a couple years ago.Bill;Yes, both sleepers and parlor cars were considered first class. Any train which had a first class lounge and parlor cars, the parlor passengers as well as the sleeper passengers were allowed in the lounge.So an all-Parlor car train would be the corridor version of an all-Pullman sleeper car?
I do not think there were many all parlor car trains besides the Merchants Limited, but if they were they were considered all first class.
There was a time when Long Island RR had parlor cars going out to Montauk. Some parlor cars had private rooms,like drawing rooms, probably not used for beds but for private friends or family space, good for private parties with 3 or people.
I still get invitations from the LIRR to make parlor car res to Montauk and all points west that it stops. (I think Speonk or maybe Islip is the first stop)and have been for quite some time. Maybe Alan can fill us in. Also wondering if it retained the name "Cannonball?" I'm still of the opinion that the surplus of CCC's could be put to good use by adjusting the dining area into a parlor area; don't have to have single seats but it would a whole lot better than building a car from the ground up when these CCC's are sitting somewhere with birds building nests in the drawbars instead of 3 mil or more to build a new PPC.