railgeekteen
Service Attendant
Just wondering.
What? Are you serious?And the SL ran from east to west from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean — the Panama Railway does the opposite.
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I had to read that comment a few times to try to figure out if I was missing something. I *think* the idea is that the Pacific end of the Panama Canal Railway is farther east than the Atlantic/Caribbean end.What? Are you serious?And the SL ran from east to west from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean — the Panama Railway does the opposite.
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Yep. Jet travel pretty much killed off business travel on the railroads and did it fast. Not just the transcontinental sleepers. It really killed demand on the sleepers in general, which were primarily aimed at the business traveler. Pullman lines in general diminished incredibly fast after that.With the introduction of the 707 in 1958, Coast to Coast travel was must easier in the luxury of airplanes, thus ending the demand for the coast to coast sleepers.
Actually, the through sleeper was started by SP-Southern before Amtrak in 1970. It started as part of the ICC deal SP made to restore sleepers on the Sunset in exchange for dropping the frequency of the Sunset to 3 times a week. Amtrak and Southern (which did not join Amtrak initially) continued it after Amtrak took over on 5/1/71.In the late 70's Amtrak operated a through sleeper to Washington from LA via the Sunset and Crescent. Like the Sunset the Crescent was also tri weekly NOL-Atlanta at that time. You could occupy the sleeper for the overnight in New Orleans - not only for through passengers but also for passengers originating in NOL " upon payment of applicable charges".
Any idea on the year ThirdRail. I know just the historian to ask.Wasn't there a car that ran through from the West Coast to Chicago, dropped down to WAS and was added to one of the Florida trains? I know the car was designated 830 from CHI-MIA.
Floridia and South Wind were two nights, so probably four nights total.Wow, how many nights/days was that from end to end? Was the same Porter with the car the whole trip since they worked for Pullman?
I believe this was early to mid 90s.Any idea on the year ThirdRail. I know just the historian to ask.Wasn't there a car that ran through from the West Coast to Chicago, dropped down to WAS and was added to one of the Florida trains? I know the car was designated 830 from CHI-MIA.
I know it switched at WAS and I believe CHI.I'm trying to track down that through car. Did the car switch trains at WAS or was it on the South Wind/Floridian the whole way CHI-MIA?
Didnt that car go all the way from LAX to NYP?IIRC, Amtrak brought the Southern Crescent on to NYP, although Southern added or dropped several cars at WAS...In the late 70's Amtrak operated a through sleeper to Washington from LA via the Sunset and Crescent. Like the Sunset the Crescent was also tri weekly NOL-Atlanta at that time. You could occupy the sleeper for the overnight in New Orleans - not only for through passengers but also for passengers originating in NOL " upon payment of applicable charges".
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