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afternoon. Needless to say, this is a very popular spot for sleep-
ing-car passengers.
Walking While You Rock and Roll
It takes a while to get used to walking on a moving train. For one
thing, the motion of the train changes constantly depending on
the speed of the train and the condition of the track—sometimes
the motion is nice and smooth, and sometimes it's quite bouncy.
When you're walking from car to car, do as the train crew does:
place your feet farther apart than normal as you go, and brace
yourself by placing your hands against the corridor walls in
sleeping cars or by gripping the seat backs of chairs as you move
through coaches. In the vestibules between cars there are candy-
striped handles to hold onto as you step from one car to another.
Use them!
Beware the “Denver Cocktail”
If you're on one of the western trains and would like to have a
mixed drink or two in the lounge car or some wine or beer with
your meal in the diner, don't forget that altitude increases the
effects of alcohol on the human body. For example, the Cali-
fornia Zephyr climbs to more than 9,200 feet as it crosses the
Continental Divide west of Denver; at that altitude, one glass of
wine will have the effect of two. This physiological phenomenon
is usually the reason why otherwise sedate passengers are occa-
sionally seen tottering back to their seats from the dining car as
the eastbound Zephyr begins its descent into the Denver area.
What About Bathing?
Taking a bath, in the literal sense, can't be done. But you can
manage to approximate one with a little effort and some ingenu-
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