An eerie frosted train
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For that to be posted in the news media is asinine. Now if the blizzard had actually been INSIDE the car, as opposed to the vestibule, THAT might have been interesting.
jb
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Looks like more than the vestibule!
That picture is taken from inside the vestibule. The photographer was likely standing in the doorway to their car.
Agreed.
We had this on our LSL trip in 2014, the day before the 6 foot snowfall in Buffalo. The vestibules were snowy, the cars were really quite nice, and the views were fantastic!
I was referring to the video, not to the photo posted.
I just watched the video. It's still the vestibule. They open one door, film the vestibule, open the door to the next car, turn around, and film the vestibule again. Then the video repeats.
It's also filmed vertically, which annoys me to no end, but people will stop doing that right around the same time they stop using iPads to take photos.
FormerOBS
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It's an Australian news source. We don't call them carriages in this country. Do they have blizzards in Australia? If not, how do they know what is normal? Way back in the Stone Age, when I worked Heritage cars, one of our standard pieces of equipment was a snow broom with an ice cutter for wintertime use. As stated, the vestibules are not airtight. Tiny snow/ice particles come in through the spaces between the diaphragms, and the spaces between the floor plates. When the train gets to a station and it's necessary to clean the snow away to board or detrain passengers, the crew will do so. As Sarah says, the photos show the vestibules; not the interior of the car, which is probably pretty comfortable.
Tom
Tom
Yeah, the Michigan trains get this way every winter. When it's blowing snow and the train opens its doors at each station, snow blows in. It's pretty normal, and the conductors always warn people to "grab the candy canes" and walk slowly.
OlympianHiawatha
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This seems to be a problem with Amfleets (not sure about Horizons as I have never ridden those during the Winter) but not Viewliners. The couple times I rode the Lake Shore during the Winter, the Amfleet vestibules resembled present day Boston whilst the Viewliners were snug and dry.
Everydaymatters
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And in the Fall, the leaves get in the vestibule and sometimes cause a fire. This happened in the LSL coach I was in on the return trip from the Gathering in Boston. We had to go into the car behind us and when the smoke cleared up a little, we were allowed back in to retrieve whatever we had left behind.
DailyMail is a British tabloid. They could make a story out of anything.
Many of my friends call it "The DailyFail".
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i'm on tomorrow's blue water. are they running superliners i hope?
VentureForth
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I love the Daily Mail. I get it to find the most outlandish news, then I find a reputable source to get the real story.
Interestingly, Pierce Morgan is a managing and contributing editor. His stories are almost always controversial.
Interestingly, Pierce Morgan is a managing and contributing editor. His stories are almost always controversial.
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Those pictures give one more reason to wear shoes when going between cars. Brrr.
andersone
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I might subscribe to the daily femail
I've seen this several times on the Lakeshore Ltd. Its especially irritating when in the Boston Section on the front of the train and having to walk the "Green Mile" to the Diner or Cafe! Also when wanting to hop off for a fresh air break @ stops!
As Tom mentioned, there usually is a broom with an ice chipper aboard each car for use in the vestibules by the OBS!
Winter is a good time to take the Cap and a Regional,instead of the LSL, between CHI and stops on the NEC between WAS and NYP!
As Tom mentioned, there usually is a broom with an ice chipper aboard each car for use in the vestibules by the OBS!
Winter is a good time to take the Cap and a Regional,instead of the LSL, between CHI and stops on the NEC between WAS and NYP!
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As we learned in Jan 2014. Snow in the vestibules, restrooms frozen and inoperable in the sleeping car. When we arrived in CLE, our car attendant escorted us to the next car since he could not get the door open in our sleeping car. This year we opted for the Capitol and avoided those New York Lake Shore Blues... :giggle:
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