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Description: | Seen at the 'Britain Can Make It' Exhibition, 1946. The sleeping car is to provide greater comfort for as many or more passengers as are carried in the latest type of third class coach now in use. The new double-deck coach holds thirty-four sleeping passengers - two above the present maximum. Accommodation will be in private two-bunk or single-bunk cabins. At present, third-class passengers sleep four to a cabin, while the single-cabin first-class coaches, carry from eight to ten passengers only. The new coach is air-conditioned throughout, with seperate temperature and ventilation controls by each bunk. Each cabin has a wash bowl with hot and cold water, and ample space for small personal belongings. Mattresses and underpillows are of sponge rubber. Large areas of walls, ceilings and floors are lined with smooth laminated plastic and nylon materials, which do not absorb dirt. For a finishing touch, a slot machine, on service at all hours, dispenses hot tea by the pennyworth.Designers Misha Black and William Vaughan. | Subjects: | photographic negative | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Council of Industrial Design | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8115... | Go to resource |
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