Well, I guess it could be done if, say, enough people were willing to pay $1.00 a mile or so for coach transportation. I would guess that a Sightseer likely has treble the air conditioning capacity of a regular coach; mechanical "types" around here could list more reasons to raise the inherent costs of operating such a car than this Forum has bandwidth available to support such.

Naturally there are presently excursion trains operating that do feature assigned seating under glass, such as the Alaska trains offerred only as integral parts of a cruise package by both Carnival's "Holland America" brandname crusies and those of Princess as well. Unfortuantely, unless "Love Boat" (and the assorted "contrived merriment" aboard) is an uplifiting travel experience, there is no real way for rail travel enthuiasts to sample that experience.

OK, travel agents, load up the Howitizers; coordinates 41'48"N 88'10"W.

Coaches also have curtains which people can adjust as they see fit to keep the sun out of their eyes. In a lounge converted to coach you would need some sort of shades on the overhead windows. The need for curtains, would defeat some of the purposes of having all those windows. Plus, it should be noted that standard Superliner windows are fairly large to begin with. I doubt the added complications of lounge-style windows would offer much of an advantage overall.

Most people in coach are traveling for basic transportation. Most of them aren't there for a sightseeing expedition. If they are, the lounge is just a few steps away.

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