New Viewliners to have "...modern interiors with better layouts..."

[Deggesty]

BostonTrainGuy

I have to disagree here.  Nothing is better than a private room.  The snoring alone is enough to ruin an overnight train trip.  Give me my own personal space.

And there is the tale of the man who kept everyone else in the car awake for a few hours--until he suddenly snorted and then was silent. whereupon one of the other passengers said, "Thank God, He's dead."

However, the walls between private rooms, especially those that can be moved aside to make a suite, are not absolutely soundproof.

And, when I slept in an open section, I was not disturbed by other passengers.

[Deggesty]

Hah! the Return to Thread button still leads into a circle that posts again--despite the message that duplicate posts are not allowed.

[elocklin]

I'm sure it's futile but my hopes for these new cars are that they don't include inside windows facing the aisle.  The old shades broke to the point of no repair and the curtains hanging from either the door or the door jamb were almost ineffectual.  It would help if the velcro strips would match correctly to hold the curtain closed but many times they were incorrectly placed to no avail.  The old 10-6's never had windows facing the aisles.  Why install them on the Viewliners?

 

Ed Locklin at mp367.

 

 

 

[Deggesty]

Ed, I'm with you on the matter of "securing" the curtains. It seems that curtains in almost every room we have occupied had been replaced--and there was no effort made to make certain that the two sides of the velcro strips matched. Also, the system of holding the curtains open needs to be reviewed.

I have also had some difficulty in securing shower curtains so they would keep water in the shower room;the snaps do not always match as one would expect them to come together.