dennis@CSNET-SH.ARPA (Dennis Rockwell) (01/20/86)
Most (if not all) of the seating *is* reversible; on the Oakland-to-Portland USENIX run, we played with spinning the seats around. This was on an Amtrak Superliner coach (Thanks to Ed Gould of mt xinu! It was great!). Unfortunately, with one seat turned around, there's not enough leg room for two people facing unless your knees are on friendly terms. On a recent D.C. to Boston run the conductor said that the seating was reversible (this was on an Amcoach), but that they just turn the whole train around at the Boston end because it was faster and easier. After doing model railroading, it's very scary to watch a train of a dozen or more long coaches *backing* out of South Station and around the (very tightly curved) reversing loop. Dennis
essachs@ihuxl.UUCP (Ed Sachs) (01/24/86)
> > After doing model railroading, it's very scary to watch a train of a dozen > or more long coaches *backing* out of South Station and around the (very > tightly curved) reversing loop. After seeing the Push-Pull commuter trains being pused (engine at rear) into Northwestern Station in Chicago around a tight curve, it wouldn't scare me. (Somehow, the bigger the trains, the better they stay on the tracks -- much fewer problems with Lionels than with HOs). -- Ed Sachs AT&T Bell Laboratories Naperville, IL ihnp4!ihuxl!essachs