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Interesting stuff, to say the least. Some observations.... 1. Is there really that much contrast between railroading and ships/barges? The latter seem to have worked it out, why not the former? 2. IF this idea were somehow implemented today, it would be done on a limited scale, and probably not injected into the regular mix. I can see it working for the 3 to 5 day round trip, but not much longer due to the points made by the topic participants (e.g. food, linen/laudry, crew members hating each others guts). The shorter rotation may be enough to get rid of the more out of the way crew change points (cost savings to the railroads) without causing too much grief among workers. If a Pullman sleeper is good enough for the average rail traveler, it should be sufficient for the crew as well. Wouldn't you rather stay in a moving Pullman than in a motel with some noisy party going on upstairs? 3. Aren't there a number of the push/pull commuter cars with controls at one end? Take one of these, convert it to the mini dorm, and stick it in front of the consist, with the engines following. Or, place the Pullman in between the lead and trailing engines. There goes your slack action risk. Of course, a dorm car at the head end of the train can lead to other problems if the unfortunate happens. 4. Then again, maybe the federales will finally pull the plug on Amtrak, and there will be a sudden surplus of passenger equipment available cheap for such an experiment.
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