Outlet types for Superliner Roomette

[wyomingtrainlover]

Hi all. I'll be taking my annual DC trip leaving Denver this Friday. Are the outlets in the Superliner Roomette 2 or 3 pronged?? I'm asking because I'm bringing my new laptop for the ride and would like to occasionally watch movies, browse the web, write a trip report as it happens, etc. Thanks all!

 

[pdxjim]

3 Prong as shown below. Have a great trip!

Jim in PDX

 

[wyomingtrainlover]

Thanks a bunch. Glad to know that the laptop (3-pronged) will have power and that my two-pronged extension cord will be useful for charging the phone.

 

[PerRock]

Most people suggest (as do I) to bring along a power bar. That allows you to plug in more items then you have outlets. But the big advantage is the surge protection, power on the train isn't as even & nice as it is in your house or a hotel.

peter

 

[RRrich]

Just tp be sure I take along a 3 to 2 adapter along with a two pronged 3 way adapter and a 2 pronged extension cord.

Works for me

 

[AlanB]

But the big advantage is the surge protection, power on the train isn't as even & nice as it is in your house or a hotel.

You will never need the surge protection on a train. Unlike your house power, there are no surges in power on a train.

I suppose that perhaps if the train got struck by lightning that there might be a surge, but your surge protector would be of little help in that case anyhow as it could never stop such a jolt.

This is not to say that having a surge protector to provide multiple outlets and to act as an extension cord isn't a good idea; but any outlet strip would be equally effective as a surge protector on a train.

 

[Henry Kisor]

On my last two 2011 train trips, the outlet in my roomette was inoperative. I had to recharge in the Superliner lounge car. On one of those trips some kind (and brilliant) soul brought aboard a 6-outlet power strip and plugged that into the double AC socket at the unused bar enclosure in the lounge car. Looked like a litter of puppies nursing at their dachshund mother. The kind soul received numerous offers of free drinks. One of them was from me.

 

[wyomingtrainlover]

I'll definitely bring the appropriate extension cord with a couple of additional outlets. Also, my cell has a USB cable for charging.

Just 3 more days until the trip!

 

[lthanlon]

I've never had a bad outlet in my roomette, but lack of electricity would present a serious problem for me since I now use one of those CPAP machines. Without power for the machine, I shudder to think of how my snoring would ruin everyone else's trip.

 

[AlanB]

I hit a roomette once on the CZ that had no power to the outlets, but that's the only time in all my travels that I've hit a bad outlet in a sleeper.