i would like to know, since when northamerican passenger cars were equipped with ovens and with privies?
so, please, tell me about heat and sh*t.
to underline the urgency of the theme, here a vocal reminder:
It’s by the Canadian-born folk singer Oscar Brand
American trains began to add toilets (and sleeping berths) in the 1850s, because it was around that time that very long journeys became possible within the U.S. This was somewhat more feasible in the U.S., as the carriages were bigger, and because they were mostly “coach” style, without compartments. The toilets were at the ends of the cars. The early Pullman carriages of the 1860s had this feature.
The above found here:
https://www.quora.com/When-were-toilets-first-added-to-passenger-trains
Heating passenger cars during winter months was an important concern for the railroad. When Union Pacific first started their passenger rail service in 1866, passenger cars were heated with wood burning stoves.
These stoves, however, sometimes caused fires, and they did not evenly heat the entire car. As a result, wood burning stoves were replaced with steam heating systems in late 19th century.
Steam heating systems worked by transferring steam from the locomotive through pipes and hoses to uniformly heat the railcars. While the new steam system reduced fire hazards from stoves, high-pressure steam often caused accidents and complicated the process of coupling and uncoupling railcars.
above info found here:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=540808148091739&id=100064876740744&set=a.491269349712286
Hope it gets you off the Hot Seat Korm.
thank you!
so for the first years after the civil war, passenger cars should have toilets and stoves already.
to the rails? - nothing looking as pristine as in your pic.
on the other hand, printing Sears-Roebuck pages on extra fine paper, just to crumple them up…
might be a bit too much detailism.
on the cars and stations? - depending on tests. i need to find out, if signs in 1:32 can be still deciphered by 1:1 observers at about four or five feet.
but, be reassured, that the realism will stop before it reaches the smelling level.
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