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IIRC, they did run the original (1949-1970) CZ through a washrack in Denver, so there is some precedent (though non-Amtrak).

Amtrak historically only washed consists during turns at terminals, so probably not. Washing the Meteor and Floridian will almost certainly depend on washracks at Miami, Sunnyside (New York) and Chicago. They blow right past the one at Sanford.

The Desert Wind operated with a mix of Superliners, Hi Levels, Amfleets and Heritage for a while in the very early 1980s. They used a Hi Level transition coach (that had not yet been converted to have dorm rooms on the transition end) to do it. I rode it in early 1981 and it was a Superliner...

"All" 5 coaches released from the Empire Builder went back into the national Superliner pool. I seem to recall they may have gone to the SW Chief. The 5 sleepers released from the SW Chief reportedly went to the Auto Train.

"They" is us. The Am prefix is railfan shorthand and is wholly unofficial. The Amtrak names for the car types are "cafe", "dinette", etc. As for me, I use the Am prefix for anything Amtrak, as one of the "they" that bestowed it in the first place. BTW, the Amfleet II long distance coaches...

The time is just an internal guideline. Actual guarantees are set up on a case by case basis, some connections less than 60 minutes are guaranteed, some more than 60 minutes are not. If you enter two points and Amtrak's routing includes a connection to get between them, that connection is...

If you have not received an email from Amtrak with a modification, call them immediately. It is a guaranteed connection, so Amtrak should be notifying you and may well already have a plan in the works for you. If you decide to fly, Amtrak will not reimburse you for that. As of right now...

If you looked at my "EDIT" I realized that I initially misinterpreted the data. I overlooked price. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are at lower bucket and there are relatively few seats in lower buckets. So it didn't show the inventory in high bucket, where most of it is. I couldn't see it...

The host railroad, Union Pacific.

Based on Business Class seat counts from railsforless.us, 516-519 is running Talgos next week, at least Sunday (22 open BC seats), Monday (31 BC seats), Friday (17 BC seats) and Saturday (24 BC seats). Tuesday (2 BC seats), Wednesday (2 BC seats), and Thursday (4 BC seats) are questionable...

Single level, Amfleet IIs and Viewliners Whether Viewliner Is (with roomette toilets) or Viewliner IIs (no roomette toilets) is unknown. Perhaps one I and one II, based on the information in the reservations system there will be two Viewliners, at least initially. It will probably be the same...

There really is no alternate direct route KCY-MIA than SW Chief-Floridian. Unless specifically marked, bags will go by the shortest and most direct route. The bag would almost certainly go that way even if the passenger went by way of, say, New York. I went NYP-SEA once using a...

railsforless.us allows you to run a month at a time and sort by lowest fares. It is a really great tool and performs really well considering what it has to do in order to work at all. Use @niemi24s's bucket chart at...

VIA improved upon them in the rebuilds of the early 2000s by installing separate HEP generators (which accounts for their distinctive rear "hump"). So they are not constantly in Run 8 to provide HEP, and can apply all 3200 HP of their prime movers to tractive effort.

That agrees with my information. And their long distance services are in the hands of the F40s. I am pretty sure their P42s are only on the corridor, too.

They are still breaking down fairly regularly on the Builder, including an incident recently near Ephrata, WA where it broke down so thoroughly it couldn't even provide HEP and passengers were stuck in the dark. Note it wasn't in the winter. AFAIK, VIA has a different variant, SCV-42, on their...

Neither are Viewliners. Nor Horizons. I used the term "single level trains" deliberately and consider "Am" to be a general use prefix for Amtrak, so "AmAnything" would be highly inclusive.

Just pointing out that Superliners are very much part of "AmAnything".

Your checked bag will be transferred by Amtrak at Chicago, just like checked bags are by airlines when changing planes. You give your bag to the agent at Kansas City, show them your ticket, they'll tag it MIA and take it. That's that. It is, in fact, usually a very bad idea to "short check"...

I like Viewliner roomettes much more than Superliner roomettes. The higher ceiling and upper windows makes them feel larger. The ventilation is better. An adult can actually sit upright in the upper. With that said, overall I prefer Superliner trains. The single level trains do not have good...