Nope, never slept in a passenger train. Only ridden ONE "sure 'nuf" (i.e. not an excursion) passenger train: Early 1980s, Amtrak from Dallas to Texarkanna, spent the night, back via Amtrak the next day. Wife and I, and our 3-4 year old daughter.
Now, have I ever slept on a train?
Lands yes. More times than I can remember. Seems with night jobs (especially) you get holed-up somewhere waiting for another train and there's nothing to do... so get as comfy as you can and saw some logs. I remember being on loan-outs out in Kansas, on night in particular. On that loan out and that particular night, the lead unit in the set of power had high-back, TILT back seats. We had to wait on a train (imagine that), and according to dispatch "it's going to be a while". Middle of the night, long before the buttcrack of dawn... snappy weather... great heater in the lead unit... so tilt the seat back and get comfy and... zzzzz.
With an EMD or Alco purring behind the electrical cabinet (and the cab rumbling/vibrating softly), the heater adjusted just "so"... maybe crack the side window just enough to feel a bit of the cool air... and buddy... you can do some significant damage on making the time pass. (I've snored myself awake sometimes!)
Long time ago I tried to get a picture of one of those night time situations. Below is the result. Yes, it's a sorry pic. Poor camera. Didn't do well in low light and because of that, this was the only time I ever tried taking an onboard night shot. However, this WAS a pic taken on such a loan out (but not specific to the above story). And yes (as I recall), it WAS taken out in Kansas somewhere. So, not the best of pics, BUT... it "sorta" gives you the idea. What you're seeing (I think) is a meet that we'd been waiting on for "a spell".
Andre
