by bellstbarn
Over the past month I have been enjoying the fifteen-minute segments of All the Stations (Ireland) and All the Stations (United Kingdom). Once again today, the happy narrators have boarded a short train of Pacers, built cheaply for BritRail in the 1980's and now about to be phased out. The seats resemble those in the basic U. S. school bus, flimsy, with a back that does not reach the adult shoulder. They are 3+2 bench seats.
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I can recall some basic flip-over bench seats on the LIRR, some even 3+2. They had firmer legs than what I see in the Pacers. If my memory is correct, the LIRR did not introduce 3+2 seats until after WW2 ended. At a later date, the railroad fastened the flip-overs so that one half the car faced forward, one-half backward, presumably to save labor time and repair time.
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So, which LIRR coaches offered the worst seats?
Thanks for helping my memory!
In this YouTube scene the narrators are riding in a Pacer. Link HERE.
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I can recall some basic flip-over bench seats on the LIRR, some even 3+2. They had firmer legs than what I see in the Pacers. If my memory is correct, the LIRR did not introduce 3+2 seats until after WW2 ended. At a later date, the railroad fastened the flip-overs so that one half the car faced forward, one-half backward, presumably to save labor time and repair time.
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So, which LIRR coaches offered the worst seats?
Thanks for helping my memory!
In this YouTube scene the narrators are riding in a Pacer. Link HERE.