NY-DC "Executive Sleeper" - what kind of sleeping cars were us

[TimSpencer]

That would have been very time consuming to place 16 honey buckets under the toilets. Before retention toilets, all train restrooms had signs asking passengers to refrain from flushing the toilets when the train was standing in the station. There were many many set out sleepers around the country. How many passengers actually followed the railroads request?

Reasonably sure they did place honey buckets under each toilet outlet. I know this was done elsewhere, as I have seen them hanging on the Panama Limited's Memphis set out sleeper. That was in the late 1950's.

what would have happened if they forgot to remove the "honey buckets" when the train started moving?

 

[MrMattyMatt]

Amtrak should do more of these night services

 

[railiner]

Amtrak should do more of these night services

Unfortunately, Amtrak does not have enough sleeping cars to take care of thru services, so 'set-out' sleepers are a low priority. And besides, the market for that type of service is nowhere what it was during the Pullman Company's hayday. Nowadays, your 'commercial traveler' would prefer to fly to their destination, and then get a good night's sleep in a hotel.