Business: Comeback in the Coaches

Super de luxe coaches designed in the best Hollywood tradition, with coach sleepers for overnight runs. . . . Lower fares than ever (maybe as low as 1¢ a mile, 50¢ a night for coach sleeping berths). . . . Speeds up to 100 m.p.h. . . . Special cars to carry vacationers' automobiles along at rates cheaper than driving.

These are the post-war dreams of railroadmen now that they are making more money than they ever dared hope to make on passenger service. They know that the local accommodation business is lost forever to busses and automobiles, and they are glad...

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