In case my profile pic and username weren't dead giveaways, I am a huge fan of the Amtrak, the U.S. National Railroad Passenger Corporation. It's held a special place in my heart since I was little, and so do vacuum cleaners. Naturally, there's been a few occasions where I've wondered what vacs are used to clean the interiors of Amtrak locomotives and passenger cars. Unfortunately, I've never been on an Amtrak train myself, so I've never been able to really experience them for myself, let alone see people cleaning them. However, I can assume that they probably wouldn't use traditional commercial vacuums, due to the narrow walkways of Amtrak's passenger equipment and such. I remember seeing a post saying that Dirt Devil stick vacs were used, which would make sense for the application, but they're obviously not built up to commercial standards.My theory on what would make an ideal train vacuum would probably be an Oreck Commercial Buster B or a Hoover Commercial Portapower. They're compact, and can do both on and above the floor cleaning, but that's just my theory. If any of you guys have any anecdotes on the subject, I'd love to hear them.
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