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Stainless Steel Toilets
In the 1970's the U.S. federal government nationalized
most all passenger rail service in the United States,
forming Amtrak.
The resulting trains are nice inside, and along the
East Coast they keep to useful schedules.
These, however, are from The Cardinal, which
links Chicago and Washington loosely approximating
a three-times-weekly schedule.
At least the stainless toilets are fairly nice!
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A toilet on a
MARC (Maryland Rail Commuter Service) train
between Washington and Baltimore on the east
coast of the US.
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Yes, Greyhound buses in the U.S. have on-board toilets.
They have a holding tank with the traditional blue juice.
I was surprised to see that the design is just a straight
drop down a wide shaft into the tank.
I would think that the toilet could get awfully smelly
on a long hot trip.
There is a small air vent directly to the exterior
just to the right of your head if you were sitting
on the seat.
The toilet compartment occupies the right half of what
would be a full-width rear bench seat and what would be
the pair of seats just in front of that on the right side
of the aisle.
Note to self — do not sit in the back two rows of
a Greyhound bus, where the door to the toilet is directly
across the aisle.
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The Staten Island Ferry provides free rides
from the lower tip of Manhattan (New York, USA),
past the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island,
to Staten Island, and back.
And if you need to go before you board, this is an
all-stainless-steel model in the
Manhattan terminal.
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At Venice Beach (Los Angeles, California, USA)
and in need of a public toilet?
At left, this is what you'll find.
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Walking along the Avon River path between
Bristol and Bath in the UK, and interested
in a public toilet rather than secluded bushes?
At right, this is what you'll find.
See
the British Toilet page
for more from the U.K.
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A sturdy all-steel toilet at The Tron
pub, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
See
the British Toilet page
for more from the U.K.
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The picture that is sadly missing from here is the all-metal
toilet I encountered in the
Syrian Arab Airlines
Tupolev Tu-154m
I took from Damascus via Aleppo to İstanbul.
It must have been aluminum, but it looked like stainless steel.
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A Sani-Flush blue border indicates a toilet that I've used.
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If you're not bored yet, you might be interested
in (or at least tolerate):
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