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Re: SP's Lark (1965)
Author: WAF
Date: 04-08-2018 - 16:51

Sgt. Joe Friday Wrote:
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> Right, no automat. I guess that sort of proves
> what Bob Jochner had observed when interviewed by
> Fred Frailey for his book "Twilight of the Great
> Trains," i.e. that what SP was doing back then was
> more about cost control than discouraging
> ridership per se. In other words, if they'd really
> wanted to discourage people from using the Lark,
> an automat would have been substituted for a diner
> or coffee shop car before the first train-off
> petition in 1966.

And you are so right. That was DJR's end game. Match the service with the ridership. The Lark had no meal service at the end unless you want to call a serving cart pushed through the coaches selling pasteries, doughnuts and coffee. First class got it for free

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  Re: SP's Lark (1965) WAF 04-07-2018 - 14:25
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