[TML] "Coffin hotels"

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 7/30/08 1:23 AM, "GDWGAMES at aol.com" <GDWGAMES at aol.com> wrote:

> We actually wrote "coffin hotels" up in GURPS Traveller: Starports.
> 
> That said, this is very similar to the way things used to work on a Pullman
> sleeper railroad car. During the day, you sat in a seat, and at bedtime the
> porter came by and made the seats into bunks. The train had observation cars,
> lounge cars, diners, club cars, and so on, depending on how far the train
> travelled. When you weren't in your assigned seat, you could hang out in one
> of 
> those. Some trains had barbershops, showers, and stenographers available for
> travelling businessmen.

Having once traveled Greyhound for about 24 straight hours, I can say that
the showers would be appreciated.  :)