On 17.09.16 22:21, John Levine wrote:   
   > In article <7bdc1b3b-2a38-46fe-b8cb-ba92c86166ba@googlegroups.com>,   
   >   wrote:   
   >> Around 1940, Pullman advertised berths for as slow as $2.65.   
   >> However, that didn't include the higher first class rail fare,   
   >> which was about $2.60 more.  There was also 10% Federal Tax.   
   >> So, a Pullman berth cost about $6 back then.  With a rough   
   >> inflation factor of 15, that comes to $90 in today's dollars,   
   >> not something that cheap.   
   >   
   > From where to where?  If it's New York to Chicago, that's a steal.   
   >   
   >> In the 1940s, the section sleeper, though extremely common,   
   >> was falling out of favor; if a roomette was available, single   
   >> travelers preferred that.  Upper berths were very unpopular.   
   >> Pullman began to push the "single occupancy section" which   
   >> was a lower berth with no one in the upper.   
   >   
   > Upper and lower berths are gone in the US, but they still exist on the   
   > Canadian between Toronto and Vancouver.  They are somewhat cheaper   
   > than the private cabins.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   They still have them all over continental Europe as well as in the   
   former Soviet Union, Mongolia and China.   
      
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