Coach Vs. Sleeper - Trains Magazine

I do not recall riding overnight in a coach with legrests in the South until Amtrak began operating the trains. I do have a possibly mistaken memory of legrests in coaches on the City of New Orleans.

One of the most comfortable nights I spent in a coach on the Southern was in one of the old coaches that I rode on #36 from Atlanta to Charlotte in 1953--I think I was directed to this coach because I was riding on a pass--I stretched out on the seat next to a washroom, and I think I slept all night, without waking even once. Two years earlier, my brother and I rode #136, and HE took the seat next to the washroom (he was older than I). I had two facing seats, and woke once or twice in the night.