Does anyone mind having to "ride backwards" in a Viewliner? The few times I've had it happen, it hasn't been a big issue, though I'm not sure if it affects bedroom pax differently than roomette occupants.
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I don't like riding backwards on the train. If you are in a roomette, no problem, but in a bedroom you are stuck!!I have sat in the chair in a bedroom but that is not too comfortable for a long time.
I also try to get a forward facing seat in the dining car.
Then........aren't you seeing the same thing?Personally, I prefer riding backwards, that way, I can focus my attention on where I've been. I'm not always focused on whats coming ahead, my thoughts are all on enjoyment, but thats just me. I usually try to face forward on one trip, then backwards on the return trip.
Hahaha...good one.Then........aren't you seeing the same thing?Personally, I prefer riding backwards, that way, I can focus my attention on where I've been. I'm not always focused on whats coming ahead, my thoughts are all on enjoyment, but thats just me. I usually try to face forward on one trip, then backwards on the return trip.
I don't mind riding backwards, since I'll like to see where I've been - and where I have to go next! :lol:Hahaha...good one.Then........aren't you seeing the same thing?Personally, I prefer riding backwards, that way, I can focus my attention on where I've been. I'm not always focused on whats coming ahead, my thoughts are all on enjoyment, but thats just me. I usually try to face forward on one trip, then backwards on the return trip.
Aloha
If you ride backward, do you arrive before you left? :huh:
But if you do that, you're going to see the same scenery on both trips!I usually try to face forward on one trip, then backwards on the return trip.
Doesn't this all depend on the orientation of the Viewliner car, within the consist?Most of my travels are on Viewliners and when in a roomette, I try to get an odd numbered room because the larger seat (and the one not next to the toilet) is facing forward. I will only get a bedroom if it is room B.
Unlike Superliners, Viewliners generally face the same direction consistently. (It matters for Viewliners because unlike Superliners, location of the sole vestibule is important for safety reasons.) That's not to say that they never face the "wrong way"; when the yards in Miami, New York, Boston, and/or Chicago don't have enough time or space (or desire) to turn the car to the "proper" direction, it will run backwards.Doesn't this all depend on the orientation of the Viewliner car, within the consist?Most of my travels are on Viewliners and when in a roomette, I try to get an odd numbered room because the larger seat (and the one not next to the toilet) is facing forward. I will only get a bedroom if it is room B.
I remember back a few years when you could fly from Detroit to Chicago - and arrive before you even took off! :lol: You departed Detroit at say 10:59 ET and arrived in Chicago at 10:54 CT! :lol:Aloha
If you ride backward, do you arrive before you left? :huh:
Ok, I'll bite.I hate riding backwards. If the only seats avalible on my LIRR train are backwards facing, I just stand. The bedroom I had on the Crescent was facing the right way, but I was on the boring side.
In a bedroom, if you leave the door & curtain open, sit in the middle of the sofa, you can see both sides!I hate riding backwards. If the only seats avalible on my LIRR train are backwards facing, I just stand. The bedroom I had on the Crescent was facing the right way, but I was on the boring side.
You can still do it every day from Atlanta to NOL.I remember back a few years when you could fly from Detroit to Chicago - and arrive before you even took off! :lol: You departed Detroit at say 10:59 ET and arrived in Chicago at 10:54 CT! :lol:Aloha
If you ride backward, do you arrive before you left? :huh:
Speaking of Detroit, my Dad used to tell my mother after returning from Detroit that he'd gone South of the Border for dinner.............Windsor. True, too! :lol:You can still do it every day from Atlanta to NOL.I remember back a few years when you could fly from Detroit to Chicago - and arrive before you even took off! :lol: You departed Detroit at say 10:59 ET and arrived in Chicago at 10:54 CT! :lol:Aloha
If you ride backward, do you arrive before you left? :huh:
See..Currently, Viewliners are oriented vestibule-first on all trains to which they're assigned. The sleeper on the Boston section of the Lake Shore Limited runs vestibule-rear somewhat regularly.
When the Viewliners were at the head-end, they would usually run vestibule-forward. Due to some safety issue, if/when they return to the head of the train, they will most likely run with the vestibule facing the tail so as to provide an exit adjacent to the table section of the diner.
https://discuss.amtraktrains.com/index.php?showtopic=32656&view=findpost&p=232261https://discuss.amtraktrains.com/index.php?showtopic=32656&view=findpost&p=232261The Carolina Association for Passenger Trains email group is reporting today that the sleepers have returned to the head-end on the Crescent and Silver Service trains.
https://discuss.amtraktrains.com/index.php?showtopic=32656&view=findpost&p=232261
YesSee..Currently, Viewliners are oriented vestibule-first on all trains to which they're assigned. The sleeper on the Boston section of the Lake Shore Limited runs vestibule-rear somewhat regularly.
When the Viewliners were at the head-end, they would usually run vestibule-forward. Due to some safety issue, if/when they return to the head of the train, they will most likely run with the vestibule facing the tail so as to provide an exit adjacent to the table section of the diner.
https://discuss.amtraktrains.com/index.php?showtopic=32656&view=findpost&p=232261
https://discuss.amtraktrains.com/index.php?showtopic=32656&view=findpost&p=232261https://discuss.amtraktrains.com/index.php?showtopic=32656&view=findpost&p=232261The Carolina Association for Passenger Trains email group is reporting today that the sleepers have returned to the head-end on the Crescent and Silver Service trains.
https://discuss.amtraktrains.com/index.php?showtopic=32656&view=findpost&p=232261
Do they carp about everything?See..
https://discuss.amtraktrains.com/index.php?showtopic=32656&view=findpost&p=232261
https://discuss.amtraktrains.com/index.php?showtopic=32656&view=findpost&p=232261https://discuss.amtraktrains.com/index.php?showtopic=32656&view=findpost&p=232261The Carolina Association for Passenger Trains email group is reporting today that the sleepers have returned to the head-end on the Crescent and Silver Service trains.
https://discuss.amtraktrains.com/index.php?showtopic=32656&view=findpost&p=232261
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