Midwest Venture discussion 2023 Q3 -2024

jis said:

Was the Viewliner a Baggage Car or a Sleeper? Or did you mean to say Amfleet?

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I did mean to say Amfleet. I guess I wasn't awake enough!

Not sure if anyone has posted this, but the coach cafe car debuted.

https://www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...look-midwest-states-venture-coach-cafe-debut/

Wow! I didn't look close enough to realize that that crew table has seating for only two. The crews are not going to like this! I would have been OK with a table for four. It's just when you have, say, three crew members taking up two tables, that's not reasonable. I imagine they'll also take up at least one pair of adjacent coach seats too. There should easily be enough no shows to allow that.

By the way, I made a mistake in a much earlier post. Washington state's Cascades are indeed supposed to have tables, not coach seats, in their new Airo cafe cars.