September
2006
Commuting Past Naked Men
Apparently commuters on a Seattle train are treated to an eyeful of nude male flesh every day, and the girls are loving it.
The Seattle Times reports that northbound Sounder trains daily pass by a nude beach regularly frequented by gay men. Known as “The Quiet Place”, the beach has been popular as a nudist haven for decades, but the train has only been tootling past since 2004.
Apparently female commuters can’t get enough:
“All the women pile themselves up against the window,” said Steve Barber, a rider who works for King County law enforcement. “It’s comic relief.”
As the train crosses from King County to Snohomish County and passes the huge tanks at a roofing and paving plant, books close and fingers cease their tapping at laptop keyboards as attention is focused through the shoreside windows.
“It’s just a fleeting maybe four or five seconds, but it’s definitely worth it,” said Cecile Bagrow of Edmonds.
“Most of the time we have to get up out of our seats to look out the window,” Thompson said. “It depends on who’s on the train. Sometimes we get kind of rowdy about it.”
All aboard.
