ex-BN Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> I found it interesting how the film used scantily
> clad women that had "forgotten" to close the
> sleeping compartment door or section curtain as
> enticement to voyeuristic men traveling on the
> train. The young woman (7:40) is shown in a
> see-through nightie with her bedroom door wide
> open. Not to mention the legs sticking out of the
> section curtain.
>
> Was the NYC considered a more "hip" railroad to
> ride (and play) on than the PRR? And how
> disappointed were the business travelers on the
> 20th Century Limited to find that the train was
> mostly men snoring the night away and not filled
> with starlets that were too careless to shut the
> door?
>
> It all gives a new meaning to the "Romance of the
> rails".


Yes, I know, it is always so shocking when we realize our generation(s) did not invent sex!