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Don't forget the Navy had to move personel as well as the Army and Marines. Upon completing basic training at Great Lakes a large number of new sailors were put on a troop train headed for the east coast and our first duty station. The cars that we rode in were very old coaches with very drafty windows that let in both cold air and soot and smoke from the loco. We sat in opposing seats and at night the seats were made flat and the overhead bunk was lowered to it's sleeping position. In the Navy the crewmen always slept head to foot it was always that way weather you were in boot camp, duty station, or on board ship. <br /> <br />Along with our own people acting as shore patrol each car had it's own civilian car attendant .They made a lot of money off us selling us sandwiches etc Yes we went to the galley car were our cooks provided hot meals which we ate at our seats <br />The train was devided into two parts. Half was going to Norfolk VA and my half was going to Newport RI and yes the baggage cars were sent to the wrong destinations. Try going across Naragansett bay the first week of March in a fifty foot moter launch with no pea coat.. I think it was just the last couple of years that I finally warmed up.
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