temperature in trains?

[Liz]

just wondering about the temperature in the train, traveling from NY to Florida this time of year. it's pretty cold up here now in NY, and 80's in Florida. does the temperature inside the train pretty much match the temperature outside?

do any of the windows open on the train, or is it sealed like a plane? (anyone know if the air is re-circulated?)

thanks if anyone knows.

Liz

 

[Viewliner]

The windows can only be openened in an emergency. The train has heating/air conditioning to keep passengers comfortable.

 

[AlanB]

Liz,

As Viewliner mentioned the windows don't open. However, unlike a plane, the train is not hermatically sealed. There is always some air circulation coming though the doors at the ends of the cars. Additionally, while some of the air is recirculated in the heating-A/C system, they do always bring in some outside air. The percentage varies depending on if you are using A/C vs. heat. However the mix of outside air is still higher than anything on an airplane.

Traveling from NY to Florida, you'll even notice a mildly unpleasent smell traveling through Georgia. Thanks to the doors and the circulation as you pass through this area, the oder will be pulled into the car. You may also notice an occasional diesel smell as the train passes through a tunnel.

If you travel in coach, then the attendant controls the temp in the car. However, you mentioned in another post that you were in a sleeper, so you will have controls right in your room to help you determine the correct temperature for your needs.

 

[Bill Haithcoat]

About the only temperature you would have to worry about is that of passing between the cars. Further, on the train you have much longer to gradually get used to the changes in temperature as you move from one part of the country to another. Much more gradually than landing in a different clime in 2 or 3 hours on a plane.

Similarly, while this has nothing to do with your question, you also get used to changing times zones more gradually on a train than on a plane. especially if you were to travel, say, NYC to California. Not as much jet lag.

 

[Amfleet]

Traveling from NY to Florida, you'll even notice a mildly unpleasent smell traveling through Georgia. Thanks to the doors and the circulation as you pass through this area, the oder will be pulled into the car. You may also notice an occasional diesel smell as the train passes through a tunnel.

That would be a paper mill located around Jesup, Georgia. The smell can is weak or strong depening on the direction of the wind, but it will only last for about 10 minutes. It should not be too bad in the Viewliners as the rooms are made to circualte air quickly with the toilet right in the room anyway.

 

[AlanB]

That would be a paper mill located around Jesup, Georgia. The smell can is weak or strong depening on the direction of the wind, but it will only last for about 10 minutes. It should not be too bad in the Viewliners as the rooms are made to circualte air quickly with the toilet right in the room anyway.

That's correct, it's a paper mill that causes the problem. The chemicals that are used in making paper create the odor. I have a client that actually owns a bunch of paper mills, although not the one in Jesup.

If you think what you sometimes smell on the train or while driving down the highway is bad, try going to one of these plants. It'll knock your socks right off.

 

[tp49]

That would be a paper mill located around Jesup, Georgia. The smell can is weak or strong depening on the direction of the wind, but it will only last for about 10 minutes. It should not be too bad in the Viewliners as the rooms are made to circualte air quickly with the toilet right in the room anyway.

That's correct, it's a paper mill that causes the problem. The chemicals that are used in making paper create the odor. I have a client that actually owns a bunch of paper mills, although not the one in Jesup.

If you think what you sometimes smell on the train or while driving down the highway is bad, try going to one of these plants. It'll knock your socks right off.

Driving down I-95 as a child with my family, that unpleasant smell was always the cue that we were near Brunswick, Georgia and would soon be in Florida as Brunswick is not all that far from the state line.

 

[Bill Haithcoat]

TP49, you and I were just mentioning paper mills yesterday. Is my memory correct, did there not used to be one near Tuscaloosa, Ala., which one could smell(at least back in the 50's, whether still there I don't know). Do you know about it, having attended school there? (muich more recently than the 50's, I am sure)

 

[tp49]

Bill,

Gulf States Paper has their HQ in Tuscaloosa very close to the University campus, I know there is a tire plant in town that really stinks up the place when the wind is blowing such but I believe the paper mill may not still be there. My dorm was between the tire plant and bread bakery so some days it smelled like bread and others burning rubber.

To tie this into the topic somewhat is that the level of recirculated air is lower on a train then on the plane, and the temperature of the cars really depends upon the maintenance of the ac/heating equipment in the train car.