>>1524561>the alternative was riding in ancient 30s-era heavyweight uninsulated passenger carsThey're actually older than that. The 96 Pullman Standard cars used on the Peninsula Commute were actually built in 1924. For reference, that's six years after the end of World War I, less than one year after the Beer Hall Putsch, five years before the Great Depression, five years before the birth of Anne Frank and Martin Luther King, nine years before the Nazi Party's seizure of power in Germany, and 15 years before the outbreak of World War II.
1984 Caltrain's rolling stock was legitimately older than most of the riders' parents.
