>be random fisherman on Florida's St. Johns River in 1980>be on your comfy boat, catching some catfish as your Southern ancestors have been doing for generations >be anchored next to the local train trestle>Amtrak's Silver Meteor service passes by as it does every day>think nothing of it, continue fishing>suddenly a steaming fat pile of shit lads right on your fucking head>before you even have time to react to being covered in more excrement than an Indian swimming in the Ganges, the Silver Meteor disappears into the distance>go straight to the town sheriff to file a complaint>it turns out that Amtrak's Budd and Pullman-built rolling stock that was inherited from other railroads upon nationalization, are all equipped with direct-dump-on-the-tracks toilets that will literally dump piss and shit on the fucking tracks at high speed; and that this is a practice dating all the way back to the first passenger trains that has essentially remained unchanged in over 150 years>judge is no more amused than you are, win the resulting lawsuit easily>literal legal shitstorm ensues as now Amtrak is on the hook for whenever someone gets splattered by human waste from one of their trains>outfitting the entire Heritage Fleet with retention tanks that are periodically emptied at stations turns out to be too expensive, so most of the fleet is sent straight to the scrapyards as soon as they can be replaced>incoming Amfleet, Viewliner and Superliner cars all have to be redesigned from the ground-up to use retention tanks>thus the era of the classical American streamliner comes to an abrupt end>all because of a fucking toiletYou can't make this shit up.Source:https://corridorrail.com/u-s-amtrak-silver-meteor-history-kindly-do-not-flush-toilet-when-train-is-standing-in-station/
>outdated death trap barges get replaced so they don't spray human feces everywhereAnd this is bad, why? Are you the same crackpot who thinks that hobos having to pay $0 after paying $0 is going to somehow replace the entire criminal justice system of New York City, County, and State?
>>2061790Partially incorrect. They did not sue Amtrak, and in fact couldn't (the state of Nevada tried to sue Amtrak over this, but lost due to sovereign immunity).Congress just chose due to the pressure to pass a law banning the practice.Biggest annoyance is now when the trains get stuck because of the Siemens shitboxes decides to discharge its entire load of lubricating oil and loses power for hours now you have no toilets on the train.
>>2061790Bathrooms are going to be Achilles heel in long-range train travel. They don't get cleaned until the end of the journey, so basically it's a filthy public restroom by the end, the journey's not short enough where this isn't a big deal, and for most of the golden age of trains they were glorified outhouses.I know sleeper cars are romanticized but I'm not going to have a good sleep until I brush my teeth and take a shower.
>>2061790Did you think these signs were just a fucking joke?
>>2061859The best sleeper cars have private toilets and showers
>>2061900Shit in your seat like a real man
>>2061790I rode on a historic train in the US in the 90s that just had a hole under the toilet and you could see the ground go by underneath
America and India Superpower 1917. Greatest alliance sirs joined by the designated shitting rail.
>>2061859That's why you want long range lines to have high speed. At an average 150 mph, a 250-mile distance is covered quickly enough for the toilet to remain passable.
