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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sheriff: [QB] Well Gentlemen, I am going to warn you. If Amtrak does become totaly non-smoking you might come to regret it. I'll tell you why. I have worked the Starlight and the Zephyr, as well as the Capitol trains on the west coast. The Zephyr does have a somking area on the lower level of one of the coaches where they do have wall fans to draw the smoke out. It seems to work pretty well. I rarely get complaints from the passengers upstairs. I also never get any complaints from passengers about someone smoking in the restrooms. This is where the problem will arrise. The Starlight is totally non-smoking but they do have smoke stops from time to time. The problem comes when we leave Redding and it is a two hour run through the mountains to the next stop of Dunsmuir. They get about 5 minutes stop there to smoke while we load and unload passengers. Then it's another 2 1/2 hour trip to Klamath Falls non-stop again.It's also about sunrise in the morning when everyone wakes up wanting that first cup of coffee and a smoke. That's when we always get complaints about someone smoking in the restrooms. Now I know what your thinking, the Conductor will throw them off the train. Yes we will if we catch them but remember there are only two of us to watch the whole train. Yes it is a bad habit but I would rather give them the opportunity to smoke in a controlled area than waste my time trying to catch them when your safty is my top priority. If I bother myself with the little things like that then I might not be watching my train close enough and let something bad happen. Now on the Capitol trains we stop for station stops about every 15 minutes and if they want to jump off for a couple of puffs that's OK with me. Just as long as they do not delay my train. When I call all aboard that's just what I mean. I have been known to leave a couple of hard headed smokers behind. Even though the coaches are not air tight they are self contained and the air does recirculate so the further I can keep them away from smoking in the restrooms the better. Anton, lets not start with the name calling again. I understand you do not like to be around smokers but to each his own. You don't have to like them but let's not be disrespectful to others. OK??? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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