by SouthernRailway
There is an interesting article in the current issue of The Railroad Press about the Georgia Railroad's mixed trains that ran until 1983, with one coach (or caboose) and a slew of freight cars. The trains sound horrible- dirty windows, old equipment (with windows that opened)- and, amazingly, usually no riders. The article states that in a year, all of the mixed trains had fewer than 1,000 riders, and over 600 of those were schoolchildren in groups. No wonder, given the bad conditions on the trains.
Has anyone else taken mixed trains in a First World country? Were they decrepit, or just slow due to being mixed with freight?
Has anyone else taken mixed trains in a First World country? Were they decrepit, or just slow due to being mixed with freight?