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It's largely known that if the westbound VIA Rail Canadian arrives into Vancouver, BC early (say 3AM, 4AM, 5AM, etc.) passengers are allowed to stay onboard and even have a sit-down breakfast in the Diner before disembarking. Course the onboard service assignments and even the T&E crew is vastly...

Whether its 3 weeks or 9 months to get back to a candidate - that is way too long in the current environment. Totally inefficient and waste of both Amtrak and applicant's time no less. If you have a labor shortage, not for nothing, but one must be holding these candidates hands nearly. Am I...

Sad that with such a shortage in labor and the fact the Amtrak needs labor, that there's not a better streamlined and efficient process. Even if there's a shortage in the HR hiring department, it can still be done. To hire people that have been interviewed, need to follow-up with them one way or...

In a perfect world - for the LD trains you'd have regular coach class, then the some sort of service between coach and sleeper. Three classes of service on the LD trains. Slumbercoach would fit that bill well now. Perhaps it faded out of favor by the 1990s (or faded out as the slumbercoach...

Slumbercoach came with a cheaper "sleeper" option where meals were not included. Paid for separately as part of a "cheaper" option of choice overall.

Yes, and I am now a bit fuzzy as to when this whole "single sleeper" action happened on the Eaglette when it ran as combined 21/22 and 421/422. For years the "run-through days" is when it was truly an Eagle and ran with the extra through cars - the through coach and sleeper comprising 421/422. I...

Typically changes to consists don’t happen till October 1, but looks like Amtrak Is taking a swipe at this in September (post-Labor Day). So it should be interesting to see what sleepers get removed from from the Superliner based LD trains. The CA Zephyr used to get three full Superliner...

So glad to see the route and train in service. I used to be in Burlington, VT nearly every quarter of the year. Northbound I’d take the Adirondack up to Port Kent and then the ferry across to Burlington (or to Plattsburgh and rent a car). Southbound I’d take the Vermonter. No matter what - it...

I took the last roomette on the Capitol Limited for like a late October Tuesday travel out of Chicago. This was typically a dead time of the month. I was shocked to have taken the LAST roomette on this train on that departure. I had to take a roomette on the lower level, which I have never...

There’s a “diner” more commonly now referred to as a “sleeper lounge” where you can get your meals for those with rooms in the sleeper car. The flex meals are tolerable, but NOT AT ALL what you used to get in traditional dining sense from when you last traveled I am sure. Its better than...

Agree with Cal for the most part. Here's some additional detail. Regarding #2 - During meals I would leave a tip for the LSA. Whether that made a difference or not, can't say for sure. However, I have had no problem in receiving a "drink to go" (soft drink) with ice. I'd bring it back to my...

Of all the Western LD trains, this is not the one that I would have expected to have gotten any re-schedule. This train actually does pretty well all in all - if not confronted by a bad winter. This past winter was bad and a bit unprecedented (for Stevens Pass and even Marias Pass). And in...

Recent trip from NYP to BOS on Acela, I had forgotten how SLOW this and other trains actually go between New Haven and New Rochelle, YET we still came in to New Haven TEN MINUTES under the advertised on the schedule - during rush hour. I’m not sure if we ever hit 70 mph - it was stop and go the...

If they are removing the business class car from the Lake Shore Limited, or moving it to the NY section, Amtrak really should update the reservation system completely and not sell seats it doesn't intend to have available. I checked a few dates in August (NYP to Erie, PA) to book business class...

Viewliner II Sleeper coming to the Cardinal, but they are also going to be selling roomette space in the Viewliner Bagg-Dorm. That's NEW capacity being added technically. The Viewliner Bagg-Dorm has 9 (nine) roomettes, of which only three or so would be needed for the onboard crew (one LSA...

Amtrak removed the second sleeper from the Southwest Chief for the summer season, and replaced it with a Superliner Trans-Dorm Sleeper. At the time they made this inventory change, one would have hoped that they would have contacted folks booked in the second sleeper and got as many...

Isn’t this Berkshire train going to fill the spot of the current Ethan Allen’s schedule that leaves NYP at 5:45 pm on Friday and then returns on Sunday with a departure out of Pittsfield at say 5:45 pm and arrival into NYP before 11 pm? It’s the weekend get-away train. If so this train was...

I have no reason or evidence to dispute that it is not real….. Just stating facts.

Lets just say this though: V1 Sleeper Fleet - 50 Cars V2 Sleeper Fleet - 25 Cars Total of 75 Viewliner Sleepers in inventory Even with a supersized Silver Star (cause it includes the three sleepers of the Meteor), current requirements are as follows: Lake Shore Limited - 9 Cardinal - 2...

Yes! ONE Boston-CHI Sleeper at the head-end, and TWO NY-CHI Viewliners at the back!