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From: cb@hlwpc.UUCP (Carl Blesch)
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: Re: reversible seating
Message-ID: <665@hlwpc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 23-Jan-86 17:35:41 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 23 17:35:41 1986
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My wife used to commute on the Chicago and North Western into
Chicago.  The old bi-level coaches had reversible ("flippable")
seats.  The new RTA stainless steel coaches, however, had the
seats permanently facing one way in one half of the coach, and
the other way in the other half.  When she rode on a new trainset,
she'd make a bee-line to the "correct" (i.e. forward-facing) half
of the coach.  By the next stop, the forward-facing halves were
full.  I guess the permanent seats save maintenance costs --
I'm sure bolts fall out or wiggle loose in the old flipping seat backs.

Carl Blesch