AFAIR most Transdorms have an ADA bedroom downstairs. There are only some that don't. Now whether Amtrak always sells that accommodation is a different matter.
I think he was mentioning the ADA room in transdorm because the FRA ADA regulation insists that each car with passenger accommodation must have an ADA accommodation. Not in the next car, but in the same car, silly as it may seem to many.
Actually, with a train like the Capitol, where they know you aren't going to need the bedding after you wake up, why don't they just collect the bedding while they're making up the room while you're showering or having breakfast? Then, no need to bother you while you're sitting in the room. Your suggestion about having the coach cleaners handle that is a good one. Or they could just pay the SCAs to stay on board for the time needed after arrival and handle it after the passengers depart.
Upon further query, it appears that the Superliners are grandfathered relative to the ADA regulation mentioned by me since the regulations came after the cars, and they have not been substantially rebuilt since then.
It is a dated concept that was still around when these were built. Presumably to provide space for doing makeup, fixing hair, etc.
I think about 1/3 of them were built with the ADA room. But the way these cars are switched in and out of service, there is no way it could be reliably sold to the public.
haha.
Yes. Those Long Distance Coaches were quite a different breed from the current ones. They had many fewer seats AFAIR, and lounges at both ends. I remember riding those on the Southern Crescent and later on the Amtrak Crescent, before they went bye bye.The old heritage cars had men’s and ladies lounges in coaches. Growing up I still remember how the men’s lounge was filled with smoke - those were the days right?
That's a good price for a bedroom!
They do more than just strip the beds. They have to make them up with clean linen for the return trip.
