On 17.09.16 22:21, John Levine wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>
They still have them all over continental Europe as well as in the
former Soviet Union, Mongolia and China.

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