In a message dated 4/15/04 8:25:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
dave_lotz@charter.net writes:
> There was also a safety reason for the stairs being in the rear...if
> the train wnet into emergency when someone was ascending or
> descending the stairs, they would fall forward into the steps instead
> of falling out onto the floor.
>
Ya know Dave I never thought about that fact. I remember when I rode VIA's
Canadian the ex CP Rail Skyline Dome/Coffee Shop which ran long end forward,
the
steps were in the short end of the car.
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