Since it was the middle of the night and the SCA was off duty, I would report it to the conductor. The conductors are on duty all night and one of them is almost always in the dining car throughout the night, so it wouldn't be necessary to run him down. The conductor has the manifest, and if one (or both) of the people in the roomette were not on the manifest, he could deal with it. That is not to say that he'd disturb the people in the roomette, but he might and he certainly has the authority to. I'd hand off the problem to him.I thought of that, but also came to the conclusion it would be at least highly inconvenient, if not simply futile.Technically, that is the way things are. Only ticketed sleeper passengers are allowed in the sleepers. Some SCA's enforce it more than others. If I rode where someone was doing an obvious and disruptive tag team I would talk to the SCA about it, and if no action was taken, to the conductor. Luckily, I've never been in a situation something that disruptive occurred.
By the time I got dressed enough to go wandering for a SCA, the disruption would be over. If I could get the SCA to check, all he'll find is one or two people claiming to be sleeping in the subject roomette. At that point, it becomes my word against theirs; a no win (unless someone else sticks their head of their roomette to support me). I doubt the SCA would then stand guard for the next hour, to see if some coach passenger tries to enter the sleeping car for their turn in the subject roomette.
This is not meant as a criticism of you. You coped with a bad situation as best you could. All I am saying is that there are people who are up, on duty, and have the information (the manifest) and authority to deal with it 24 hours a day, and that reporting that situation would be well within anyone's rights.
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