It’s common practice to BYO squeegee on Amtrak? Lol ok. I’ve taken hundreds of trips and have never seen this happen.
Maybe you were on the wrong side.
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It’s common practice to BYO squeegee on Amtrak? Lol ok. I’ve taken hundreds of trips and have never seen this happen.
The only way I can see that happening is if there is no platform beside the window and the passenger is standing on or near a live track to reach it. Even then they'd probably get a warning unless they refused to comply and made a scene out of it.What is your basis for thinking that this common practice has, or ever will, get someone booted off a train (or is this just an uninformed hot-take)?
It's hard to see much of anything through dirty windows.I’ve taken hundreds of trips and have never seen this happen.
I can't believe this is a serious thread. Will LMAO when one of you clowns gets booted from your train for this.
I wouldn't call it common, but for those of us who enjoy the scenery, and maybe want a picture or two, why not bring something to clean the windows off with? It's quite easy to imagine that this is a real thing people would want to do -- especially since Amtrak highlights the amazing scenery then provides us with sometimes horribly dirty windows.It’s common practice to BYO squeegee on Amtrak? Lol ok. I’ve taken hundreds of trips and have never seen this happen.
I have seen that in Denver too on the westbound Zephyr—but it is the only station where I havce seen windows cleaned.Amtrak crews usually squeegee the windows while at DEN at least for the westbound #5 CZ. Scenery is too beautiful to miss. I have also seen them clean the windows on SWC #3 at ABQ but only once.
I have seen it in ABQ on train 4.I have seen that in Denver too on the westbound Zephyr—but it is the only station where I havce seen windows cleaned.
I do say I agree, but when did he say he was cleaning Amtrak windows? Seaboard has worked on many private cars before and he probably cleaned those windows on a ladder, where he was employed. But, who knows, maybe he has a side we don't know about.Pro tip: don’t use a ladder to clean the windows on a train for a railroad which doesn’t employ you.
They do run it through wash machines but to save money, they use dirt instead of water.Once upon leaving Chicago on the SWC we noticed the windows were filthy. I contacted Amtrak about it and was told the train is run through the wash machines before the train is serviced. Before the train is serviced?
Why wouldn't they run it through the machines AFTER the train is serviced and just before boarding?
It appears they don't even bother running it through the machines at all anymore. Don't they get that being able to view the scenery is a big part of the journey? Go figure.
No, it's just that they take the water out of the Chicago river with buckets and run over and splash the trains with it.They do run it through wash machines but to save money, they use dirt instead of water.![]()
I would think some may think they are cleaning the windows, instead they may be removing some residue and at the same time doing damage that is not fixable.
Me, too. Most recently on 3 on 11/15/2021.I have seen it in ABQ on train 4.
Yeah I really don't think people should be advocating this behavior to take matters into their own hands if yard crews didn't clean them and management isn't acting. Maybe one crew was fine with it, but that doesn't mean management or other crews are. It's a known problem on Amtrak that the windows are often dirty, and seems to have gotten worse since the start of the pandemic. Then call Customer Relations to complain about it and maybe get a refund if it was a long trip that involved scenery you were looking forward to instead of scratching up the windows permanently. That way the windows are forever dirty in a different manner no matter how many times it's run through the wash.This is a good point. The windows are Lexan. In our cafe car this week, you could see they were covered with little scratches.
Yeah I really don't think people should be advocating this behavior to take matters into their own hands if yard crews didn't clean them and management isn't acting. Maybe one crew was fine with it, but that doesn't mean management or other crews are. It's a known problem on Amtrak that the windows are often dirty, and seems to have gotten worse since the start of the pandemic. Then call Customer Relations to complain about it and maybe get a refund if it was a long trip that involved scenery you were looking forward to instead of scratching up the windows permanently. That way the windows are forever dirty in a different manner no matter how many times it's run through the wash.
I do say I agree, but when did he say he was cleaning Amtrak windows? Seaboard has worked on many private cars before and he probably cleaned those windows on a ladder, where he was employed. But, who knows, maybe he has a side we don't know about.
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