Railroad carriage question (woefully long)

pengolodh_sc at yahoo.no pengolodh_sc at yahoo.no
Thu Mar 1 15:33:14 UTC 2001


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Benjamin" <jaffa276 at y...> wrote:
> How about a compromise?  Some of the trains I occasionally travel 
on 
> (when in the UK. SWT, through Soton) are semi-compartmentalised 
(cool 
> word) i.e. a corridor, but with dividing walls.  I think there are 
> doors almost every other compartment, OSS.  Best of both worlds.
> 
> Unfortunately these trains are fairly old and are only used on the 
> very slow routes - I only go one stop :)
> 
> -Ben.

Which is basically what I had in mind.

Something akin to this:
http://www.hornby.co.uk/images/r4119a_b.gif
Which clearly has connections between the coaches, with WC at each 
end of the coach.

The coach pictured is a 3rd-class clerestory coach from GWR.





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