OlympianHiawatha
Engineer
For those of us who have had the pleasure of riding with Sleeping Car Attendant Stephanie Utt on the PDX section of the Builder, she has just begun working the 33 Sleeper (last car) on the California Zephyr! Imagine my pleasure at Sacramento when my Zephyr arrives right on time and the 33 door opens with Stephanie on the platform. Plain and simple, she turned a fantastic trip east into a phenomenal trip, just as she regularly did on the Builder.
She continues to go above and beyond the call of duty, making sure you are treated as her guests and not simply as passengers. She keeps her car clean and happy, taking time to check in on everyone and sharing a tale or 2, even while she is changing linens or doing cleaning tasks. She told me some great stories of when she worked the Slumbercoach on the Lake Shore Limited, even finding a Ferret in a bed on one occasion. All in all, by the time you reach journey's end, she will have turned a collection of traveling strangers into one happy family.
She will continue to work the 33 Sleeper until the end of Summer when it is "retired" for Winter. Then she will simply move up to the 32. And if you are lucky enough to have her as your attendant, she LOVES red and black jellybeans and licorice :lol:
She continues to go above and beyond the call of duty, making sure you are treated as her guests and not simply as passengers. She keeps her car clean and happy, taking time to check in on everyone and sharing a tale or 2, even while she is changing linens or doing cleaning tasks. She told me some great stories of when she worked the Slumbercoach on the Lake Shore Limited, even finding a Ferret in a bed on one occasion. All in all, by the time you reach journey's end, she will have turned a collection of traveling strangers into one happy family.
She will continue to work the 33 Sleeper until the end of Summer when it is "retired" for Winter. Then she will simply move up to the 32. And if you are lucky enough to have her as your attendant, she LOVES red and black jellybeans and licorice :lol:
