I was at my grandparents house yesterday and I was looking through an old Sunset magazine from June 1984 when I came across an Amtrak ad. Didn’t know if anyone had seen the ad but this is what is had with it. (Don’t have a scanner though.) It has a picture of a goose and it goes like this:
"NOT EVERYONE WAS MEANT TO FLY
Although flying on a commercial airliner is one of the most widely accpeted ways to travel, a lot of people still don’t like to fly.
It makes them fast uncomfortable to be strapped into a seat. To have to wait to be served a meal. Or a drink.
Fortunately, there is an alternative to flying-training.
On a train, you have infinitely more freedom. You can get up and stretch your legs whenever you like. And when you’re hungry, you can order anything from a snack to a full meal on most trains.
Of course, creature comforts aren’t the only reasons for taking the train. Did you know Amtrak goes to over 475 different places? That’s we’ve rebuilt our entire fleet in the last 7 1/2 years? And that we’ve improved our on-time performance over 40%?
Next time you’re traveling somewhere, take the train. See how good it feels to fly without leaving the ground. For information and reservations, call you travel agent or Amtrak at 800-USA-Rail."
Seeing this ad surprised me that this says all this, but Trains reports that the equipment there is today is older that the postwar equipment.
What’s with that.