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[QUOTE]Originally posted by rresor: [QB] This discussion reminds me of an early story about Amtrak. One of the new managers saw an old Pullman Co. "Dining Car in Opposite Direction" sign and said, "That's stupid. Why don't we tell people which direction to go, rather than which direction NOT to go?" So Amtrak put up signs saying "Dining car this way". Think about it. There are only two directions you can go on a train. If you do it Amtrak's way, some poor schmoo is going to walk the entire length of the train before he figures out he's going the wrong way. As usual, the Pullman Co. had it right. As for sleepers on head or rear, the only time I can remember being bothered by horn noise was when I was in a sleeper right behind the F40 (no baggage car) on #21 some years ago. In pre-Amtrak days, it's interesting to note that Seaboard Air Line always put sleepers on the head end of the train, while ACL always ran them on the rear. So as usual with railroads, if there are two ways to do something, the industry will split evenly between them. We'll see how long this Amtrak phase lasts. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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