The Hi-Level was a bilevel intercity railroad passenger car used in the United States. The Budd Company designed it in the 1950s for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway for use on the El Capitan, a coach-only streamliner which ran daily between Los Angeles and Chicago. The design was inspired by the dome car, employed in intercity routes in the Western United States, and by bilevel commuter cars operating in the Chicago area. Budd built 73 Hi-Level cars between 1952 and 1964. Car types included coaches, dining cars, and lounge cars. Most passenger spaces were on the upper level, which featured a row of windows on both sides. Boarding was on the lower level; passengers climbed up a center stairwell to access the upper level. Vestibules on the upper level permitted passengers to walk between cars. Amtrak inherited the fleet in 1971 and continued to use the cars until their retirement in 2018. The Superliner, based on the Hi-Level concept, entered service in 1979 and remains in service.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1758:
French and Indian War: French forces defeated the British at Fort Carillon on the shore of Lake Champlain in the British colony of New York. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Carillon
1962:
Following student protests at Rangoon University, Burmese general Ne Win ordered the demolition of the historic students' union building. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_Rangoon_University_protests
2014:
In response to the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers, Israel launched a military operation into the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_conflict
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
pessimize: 1. (transitive) To take a pessimistic view of; to speak of in a negative or pessimistic way. 2. (transitive) To make (something) pessimal or the worst; (in a weaker sense) to make (something, such as a computer program) less efficient. 3. (intransitive) To think like a pessimist; to believe the worst. 4. (intransitive) To become pessimal or the worst. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pessimize
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
The ground on which we’ll unite as Americans is the higher ground of moral repair. Not Left or Right, or even Democrats or Republicans. We’ll unite as Americans, having come to realize that aligning public policy with the goodness in our hearts is our best and only path forward. --Marianne Williamson https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marianne_Williamson
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