CRUISING RAILWAY CAR

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 32, 9 February 1929, Page 27

CRUISING RAILWAY CAR

NEW DEPARTURE FOR

DOMINION

A new departure in travel has been introduced by. the Railway Department in tho form of a de luxe cruising car, and this vehicle made its first appearance in TaranakL* on Friday, evening, .when it ar* rived in''New Plymouth as -.part of the mail train. -The car, which was designed by Mr. G. S. Lynde,. chief mechanical engineer _to the Department, is-both longer and wider than the ordinary railway carriage, and jb fitted with every device to make travel comfortable. There arc four two-berth cabins fitted with built-in wardrobes, full-length and smaller mirrors and other modern conveniences, a compact kitchen, a tiled bathroom, and a lounge. The lounge, which takes the full width at ons end, is a roomy compartment. If is luxuriously carpeted, and contains upholstered easy- chairs and' other chairs for use at meal-time. An,' elaborate system' of ieleetnc lighting hag been installed. A central reflecting lamp is situated in'the ceiling of the lounge, and over each easy chair there is a smaller lamp for reading purposes. In the sleeping compartments there are ordinary lights and shaded night lights are fitted over each "bunk. All the windows of the carriage are curtained. It is, in fact, a miniature travelling hotel in: which travellers can live for as long as their journey lasts. Meals are served by special attendants attached to the travelling party. On the present occasion the car is under charter to Mr. J. C. Goold, of England, who is travelling with a party of five other persons. The car was attached to the mail train this, morning, en route ' to' Te Kuiti.