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Future of the Pacific Parlour Cars?
The Fluting and Corrugation are part of the structure of the car. To make metal stronger and lighter it is corrugated; thin on the roof and broadly on the side walls. The Fluting is made of decorative inserts to turn the rectilinear corrugations into more pleasing curved flutes.- Dalex
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Riding the NEC
My husband and I went up to NY on Sunday the27th of June 2010 for the parade. Due to budget we were on a NJT double decker. Pulling into NY Penn we were next to an arriving Acela. It was jammed to the gills at 10:00 am on a SUNDAY! Based on that the BC is probably worth it, failing that the...- Dalex
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