• Why green windows on commuter train?

  • General discussion of passenger rail systems not otherwise covered in the specific forums in this category, including high speed rail.
General discussion of passenger rail systems not otherwise covered in the specific forums in this category, including high speed rail.

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  by .Taurus.
 
Hello
I've never seen these colored (green) windows before, that can be found on the Metra bilevel cars and on the NJ Transit Multi-Level cars.
What is the reason for these green windows?

Pics:Ok, I can't say to 100% that the NJ Transit windows are green…

Cheers!

  by chuchubob
 
Tinted windows keep out a significant amount of heat from direct sunlight in the summer, resulting in less energy diverted from propulsion to air conditioning.

  by jfrey40535
 
I remember the Reading's old RDC's had green windows back in the days when I would ride the Newtown branch. Their MU's did not.

  by jersey_emt
 
The windows are not green. What you are actually seeing is the fluorescent lighting. Fluorescent lighting has a green tint when photographed. The light is actually that color, but our brains 'convert' it to white. Cameras do not have this 'color conversion', so the true color with the green tint is captured.

  by c604.
 
When on a Metra train looking out the window, the whole world outside is green even when the lights are off.

  by gprimr1
 
it also probably makes it alot better on our eyes during the sun.

I definitely think Toronto's GO trains are tented green.

  by VikingNik
 
My '07 Hyundai Sonata has green glass. They market it as a solar glass called 'Herculite' in it that supposedly keeps it cooler in the summer while parked and of course also when in use. It doesn't look that green but if you see the sun's light through the windows cast unto the ground it is clearly green. As I bought the car late last fall and it hasn't been summer hot yet, I can't attest to its effectiveness.