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[QUOTE]Originally posted by HillsideStation: [QB] You folks don't know what "coach" means. Amtrak coach is first class compared to other and older forms of transportation. Back in the late '50's early '60's when I was in love with flying, I took an 049 Constellation from New York to San Francisco...via Pittsburgh, Chichago, Kansas City, Wichita, Albuquerque,Phoenix, Los Angeles, Fresno and Oakland. I left New York around eight at night and arrived in San Francisco late the next afternoon. The only thing I really didn't like about the flight...I loved the landings and take offs...was the awful shape the cabin was in after a couple of stops. The stewardesses (cabin attendants) did little or no pick up and the passengers themselves were pretty much slobs, tossing newspapers, magazines and boxed lunch cartons around the cabin. I was reminded of that flight when, a couple of years ago I boarded one of Amtrak's nonsleeper intermediate distance trains, mid trip. Even in business class the cabin looked like "hogans alley" to use a phrase my mother used to describe my bedroom when I was a boy. If the Amtrak personnel, with the help of the passengers could keep the cabin relatively neat, it would go a long way to making long distance (read multistop) travel in coach not only bearalble but enjoyable...it already is comfortable. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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