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From: scott%bgsu.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA (Tom Scott)
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: New York-Washington Executive Sleeper
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Date: Wed, 8-Jan-86 15:28:52 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  8 15:28:52 1986
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	I'm  a Midwesterner (Bowling Green,  Ohio) who  envies all you
lucky folks  on the East  Coast because you still have   decent  train
service.  Trains flourished here when  I was a boy in  the late 1940's
and early 1950's, but  nowadays we have  to go by  car, bus, or plane.
There are practically no trains.

	We still like to read  about railroads, though.  For  example,
"The   Detroit News" yesterday  (Tuesday,  January  7)  carried a nice
front-page article  about the  New  York-Washington  Executive Sleeper
that is  attached  to the   Night Owl.   It  departs Washington  Union
Station daily at 10:30 p.m. and arrives New York Penn  Station at 2:44
a.m., with the return trip departing at 3:00 a.m. and arriving at 8:22
a.m.

	Has anyone in this newsgroup been on the  Executive Sleeper or
on one of the Night  Owl regular coaches?   What's it like?   I'll bet
it's fun.  Thinking  about it brings  back pleasant memories   from my
childhood.   I  have  especially fond memories    of  the terminal  at
Cincinnati, Ohio; I remember how awestruck I was every  time we passed
through it.  I probably would have fainted if  my parents had taken me
through one of the big New York  terminals like Grand  Central or Penn
Station!

	Some day  I hope to  make the Executive Sleeper trip   with my
wife.  You Easterners can count your blessings that  you can  make the
trip without having to wait.