Pullman bedroom suites, 1952

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[ladymech.livejournal.com]

Yes. It looks so much more comfortable than an airplane.

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

When I was a kid, my aunt gave me her Honey Bunch book series, which was written in the 20's through the 50's. In many of the early books especially Honey Bunch (who was really Gertrude Marion, but so sweet everyone called her Honey Bunch because it was that kind of book) would travel on trains; occasionally a sleeper train. This is basically that in ad form.

I was something I always sort of wished I could experience; though it's probably not as much fun as it looks.

[luke-russell.livejournal.com]

It *IS* that fun!! I still do it in Europe. Rather than paying for a hotel room I always book a night train from one city to another. It is great fun!

[herbadness.livejournal.com]

I love trains and love traveling by them. But forget traveling, I want to LIVE in a Pullman Suite. Well, for a week or so, anyway.

[joebehrsandiego.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this. I have fond memories of traveling with my folks in a Pullman sleeper on the Empire Builder (first Great Northern, then Amtrak) as a kid.

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

Cute. :)

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Back when the phrase "getting there is half the fun" still made sense. Unless, of course, you're the kind of person who enjoys being fondled by a surly TSA agent followed by hours of sitting in a cramped position feeling blot clots form in your leg. I guess it depends on what you're into.

Of course, I know I'm over-romanticizing the era. To travel like this, you needed to have a fair amount of coin. And, if the train went through a Jim Crow state, be white.

[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

Along with going on an ocean liner, traveling by sleeper car is one of the things I have always wanted to do.

And as a bonus, both are conducive to mystery-solving little old ladies! I just hope I'm not a victim (or the criminal, for that matter).

[bradygirl_12]

There's always pros and cons but I'd bet traveling this way was fun. MUCH better than the nightmares we have now with the airlines. I don't mind flying, it's dealing with the airlines and their surly personnel that I hate.

[3cthelion.livejournal.com]

like luke_russell and joebehrsandiego said, it really is this fun. i travelled from iowa to san francisco and from iowa to seattle in the amtrak sleepers when i was a kid, and they really are amazing. [relatively] spacious rooms, some with their own bathrooms; the porters come by to take your meal reservations and orders (you get first pick before those lowly coach passengers) - meals which are made from fresh ingredients from the various stops in real kitchens by actual chefs, i might add. it is incredibly relaxing watching half the country move by you while you relax.

on the downside, it is pretty expensive - easily in the thousands of dollars. and - something probably less of a problem in europe - amtrak is notoriously late. if memory serves me correctly, we arrive about 16 hours late to seattle and about 8 to san francisco. you really have to consider it to be part of your vacation, not merely a mode of transportation.