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How QC and webcomics generally relate to the real USA
Aziraphale:
They do, and they will exercise it, though they've been known to look the other way depending on the nature of the infraction. You're not technically supposed to drink on the train, for instance. Do it quietly and don't make an ass of yourself, however, and you can generally enjoy your beverage of choice in peace. Get loud, puke, or piss yourself, and you're off the train (hasn't happened to me, but I've seen it happen). I've also been on trains that were delayed because of technical issues, and a few of us discreetly snuck cigarettes at an open window at one of the conductor's operating stations between the cars. Given that we'd been sitting in the same spot for two hours at that point and were vaguely apologetic (well, that, and the fact that we weren't smoking in the car where the other passengers would be subjected to it), they let us slide. As for platforms, if it's open air and you're staying away/downwind from the nonsmokers, the station employees often leave you alone.
hedgie:
Dude, on Amtrak they serve booze. I typically have a drink or two whilst watching films on my laptop.
Oilman:
British trains don't generally have opening windows these days.
jwhouk:
It has been like forever since I set foot on an Amtrak train, so I can't even begin to comment about how service is. The only train I ever took was the Hiawatha (Milwaukee-Chicago service), and that was before most of the posters in here were even born.
Wife and I, before I got transferred up here to the Great North Woods, contemplated doing a train trip to AZ. Only problem: Amtrak doesn't serve Phoenix proper; it stops at Maricopa - which is about 50 miles away from where my dad lives in the Valley.
Also, the train only runs three days a week.
Aziraphale:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 29 Jan 2015, 19:26 ---Dude, on Amtrak they serve booze. I typically have a drink or two whilst watching films on my laptop.
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Yeah, I know. I was referring to NJ Transit, MTA and LIRR... should probably have been more specific.
--- Quote from: Oilman on 29 Jan 2015, 20:33 ---British trains don't generally have opening windows these days.
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Ours don't either (just a zip strip that you take out if the window needs to be kicked out in an emergency). But some of the passenger cars have windows that open, where the train operator would sit if the train was going in the other direction. The train I was on that night had an extra, and that's where we were.
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