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Thanks, everyone! Seems like there's pros and cons to the H room so yes, I think that's what we'll do. And thanks to everyone's help I can give him the full details about what to expect.

We're going to keep both the roomette and the H room - I'm just wondering which one he would have the better experience in as a newbie who hasn't taken an LD train and who also isn't as aware of Amtrak's...idiosyncrasies as I am. :) I've told him how awesome it is to take LD trains and now I...

Thanks for your advice! :)

Hi everyone, I'm traveling with a friend soon on a westbound Zephyr from Denver to Emeryville. It was a last minute trip and I snagged the very last roomette (#17 in car 540), then 2 weeks before the trip I scored Room H in car 540. I've read other posts about the pros and cons of Room H...

I’m a regular ol’ revenue passenger and I just booked room H in car 540 on a westbound Zephyr from Denver to Emeryville. It was the only room available.

You're so right about expectations. I've had so many people ask me if the trip was "worth it" because let's face it - it's expensive. My roomette was almost $2k for both legs combined! I tell them that the experience was worth every penny - but to not to expect great food, very clean bathrooms...

I'm in the wine and food business so I admit I can be a bit hard to please on this front! It was just too salty and heavy for me to enjoy. It's downright impossible to offer food everyone would like, and it doesn't reduce my desire to keep riding the rails at all. :)

Can't wait to read about it! I love knowing that there are other women out there like me. Looking forward to reading about your TE trip! :)

Wonderful reports, both eastbound and westbound. Thank you for sharing! Hope to see you on the rails sometime!

Perfect - thank you so much!!!

I'm booked on 5009 in Roomette 4 in March. Would appreciate some help figuring out what side of the car that's on. Thanks in advance!

(part 2) SATURDAY I set my watch to beep when we got to Fargo around 4am. I’ve never been to ND before and wanted to see Fargo if only from the window. Luckily (depending on how you look at it I suppose) I woke up at the stops at St Paul and Red Wing, so I got to see those too. Yay! I fell...

Hi everyone! I took the below notes from my trip this summer. I'm no travel writer, but thought I'd share in case it's useful for anyone. For context - I'm a woman in my late 40s and made this trip alone. I live in NYC and had to go to Portland for work, and decided to take the train. I'd only...

I asked the SCA (Cody, who is wonderful!) about it and he was apologetic. I thought maybe I just didn’t have a vent open or something. I froze on the Lake Shore limited a couple nights ago because I didn’t realize I could close the vents under the windows! No such luck on this Superliner though...

Hi! I’m in Minot ND on the Empire Builder as I type this. My sleeper car (730) is roasting and I’m kicking myself for not bringing a clip-on fan. But the next sleeper car back is freezing! I keep wandering back there for restrooms and cooldowns. I’m on the left side going westbound so the sun...

I’m in a Viewliner I right now but I’m still wandering down into the Viewliner II restrooms…

Interesting! So how did they end up on train 49?

I wish I understood what you were talking about! How can I learn? I’m newly fascinated by this stuff.

In 4911 Roomette 2. Best way to travel!!! 😃