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Toilets on Amtrak
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:02 pm
by ConrailDetr​oit
Is there anymore Amtrak cars that just dump the waste on to the tracks
I doubt the Horizon and Superliners do. Maybe Amfleet?
Re: Toilets on Amtrak
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:21 pm
by A No.1
I think so.
Re: Toilets on Amtrak
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:47 pm
by M.D.Bentley
BIG "NO" !!! Human waste is a bio-hazardous material and will be contained for proper disposal . Belive me when I say that " if they could - they would ". It's cheaper to dump the stuff on the tracks vs holding tanks and all the 'crap'
that goes along with handling it. Thats why they have problems with the holding tanks freezing up in the winter.
Re: Toilets on Amtrak
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 3:19 am
by CSX_CO
I believe the conversion is relatively recent too isn't it? Like late 1980's or even early 1990's?
Thats the reason why AMTRAK would lock the bathroom doors in stations. They didn't want someone using the facilities and having it 'drop' onto the tracks in the station. As a kid I took a trip on AMTRAK when I was 4 or 5 between Chicago and Erie, PA. I can remember them locking the doors to the restrooms while in stations.
Practice Safe CSX
Re: Toilets on Amtrak
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:43 am
by A No.1
I was on a READING CO. 2102 excursion around 1984 or 85 or so. The boiler seized up due to a foaming agent in the water, ANY way, we were stuck on the tracks for hours until Conrail came to the rescue.
After a few hours, The tracks were filled with TP and Crap. It was NASTY.
Re: Toilets on Amtrak
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:05 am
by A No.1
Please don't flush toilet in stations LoL
Re: Toilets on Amtrak
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:09 am
by conrailfan
If someone flushes the toilet in the stations, I hope no one is standing there.
Re: Toilets on Amtrak
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:52 am
by Buster Manning
All the 'stuff' that goes into the toilet stays in the retention tank; when you see liquid coming out of the car by the restroom area, it is the water from the sink.
Re: Toilets on Amtrak
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:41 am
by AARR
Buster Manning wrote:All the 'stuff' that goes into the toilet stays in the retention tank; when you see liquid coming out of the car by the restroom area, it is the water from the sink.
So what happens if someone pees in the sink
Re: Toilets on Amtrak
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:37 pm
by Buster Manning
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Sigh..........There's always one in the crowd
Re: Toilets on Amtrak
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:35 pm
by A No.1
Re: Toilets on Amtrak
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:22 pm
by PAT.C