My review of the new Venture cars

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PerRock

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The magnetic latches are only on the big "conference" tables, not the seat back ones. I didn't get to sit at those tables, what I did see was signs over what looked like covers on the edges of the tables saying not to use the extensions.

Peter
 
"The broken system also meant that we had no manual announcement either, with the conductor having to walk to each car & shout the announcements."

Does that mean crews can't make manual announcements in the Venture cars?
 
Thanks for the links - they work fine



They do not show as a link and no amount of clicking does anything other than tire my finger and wear out my mouse buttons...
This is what I see, on my MacBook, when I click the link. I then click on the https: etc to open the link. Perhaps your computer doesn’t show that.

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It depends on what browser you are using. On some you require to CTRL-click the link which then show the actual link that you can click (as shown above by Betty). Since my habit is to try CTRL-click if just a click does not work I got the link to work without much thought.
 
Modern tech. You know, occasionally there can be something to be said for old fashioned tape and giant paper clip solutions. i.e.

"The broken system also meant that we had no manual announcement either, with the conductor having to walk to each car & shout the announcements."

Does that mean crews can't make manual announcements in the Venture cars?
I'm on the Blue Water in BC and the announcement board includes a promotion of Railfone. That hasn't been a thing for many years, has it?! "Booths located in various cars. Try it today!"
 
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