It was 49, the vestibules on the VL's were forward meaning the bedrooms were in front and the even number roomettes on the left. I'm not sure if the video shows a usual or special circumstances consist but it is a relatively current
What kind of question is this? Anything can happen. Equipment can get shopped, tracks can get closed and service can get canceled.
What relevance does that hold for a northbound train?
That possibility will ALWAYS exist. Train 49 ran away from 449 last week and some passengers ended up without a sleeper. Trains operating into CHi were canceled in their entirety last week. The OP didn't even say when he is traveling and for all we know, the consist may be altered based upon what is occurring at this moment.
Appreciate it. I’ll try for an even and then figure my chances are about 95 percent for being on the port side. Not the end of the world if not; I can go to the lounge.
On 49 it would normally be a New York Coach. As long as its vestibule is adjacent to the Diner, the Sleeper's vestibule need not be adjacent to the Diner to meet emergency evac requirements, or so I was told by someone familiar with such thing within Amtrak. Of course the ADA access to Diner from the H room of the first Sleeper adjacent to the Diner is a separate issue.
And you can't always sometimes tell what you least expect to happen the most! :blink:
They always keep a vestibule next to the diner (Sleeper Lounge), so the first sleeper (48/4911) always runs Bedrooms first. The other sleeper(s) generally do as well, but it’s not nearly as guaranteed.
"Always" is just not true, since I have been on 49 and 48 several times when this was not the case. Please stop making general statements like that about the situation based on nothing. It is true that it is supposed to be the way you state but it is not "always" that way in reality. I have even been on it when the Diner was backwards, i.e. the Dining Room end faced the Coach, not the Sleeper.
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You can find special outlier cases of pretty much everything, but unless there is an usual extenuating circumstance, the intent is always to have the vestibule of the first Viewliner next to the diner. The odds most definitely are highly in the favor of someone with an even numbered Roomette going north or odd numbered going south. If you still doubt that this is true in the vast majority of cases, just look at a few of the thousands Lake Shore vids on YouTube, and you will see that the Bedrooms in 48/4911 are almost always in front.
I can agree with "almost always". But previously you did say "always" (missing the "almost"). That is what I was complaining about. Thank you for now making a more accurate statement and correcting your earlier error.
