From: johnl@iecc.com

In article <7bdc1b3b-2a38-46fe-b8cb-ba92c86166ba@googlegroups.com>,
  wrote:
>Around 1940, Pullman advertised berths for as slow as $2.65.
>However, that didn't include the higher first class rail fare,
>which was about $2.60 more.  There was also 10% Federal Tax.
>So, a Pullman berth cost about $6 back then.  With a rough
>inflation factor of 15, that comes to $90 in today's dollars,
>not something that cheap.

From where to where?  If it's New York to Chicago, that's a steal.

>In the 1940s, the section sleeper, though extremely common,
>was falling out of favor; if a roomette was available, single
>travelers preferred that.  Upper berths were very unpopular.
>Pullman began to push the "single occupancy section" which
>was a lower berth with no one in the upper.

Upper and lower berths are gone in the US, but they still exist on the
Canadian between Toronto and Vancouver.  They are somewhat cheaper
than the private cabins.

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