This is not quite accurate. There is only one Viewliner dining car running around the east these days. Hopefully, more to come in the near future, though.The Baggage, Dining, and Sleeping cars on most single level trains is or will be Viewliner cars. The Viewliner sleeper which has been around for years, had 12 Roomettes, 2 Bedrooms, 1 Handicap Room, 1 SCA Roomette, and a Shower Room. All bathrooms facilities, toilet and sink, are in each room. The bed in the Roomettes pulls down from the ceiling, so with lower and upper windows, both beds can look outside. Any LD train to/from NYP will be single level due to the height of the tunnels going under the rivers into Manhattan.
Amtrak owns one classic (heritage) Full-Dome single-level car, Ocean View; however because there is only one, it can only be on one train at a time. So chances are, you aren't going to get it.Is there no car with "T-tops" like the western SSL? Is there a place to "sight-see" besides your own room and the diner?
They are unquestionably lower than Superliner, but a very sweet ride. I think I prefer them to Superliners actually, and I didn't think I would. The Heritage diners have great vibe.
When they go, it will be much like the retirement of a classic airliner. Something we take for granted while they are around and then really miss when they are gone. Think of how mundane the DC-8 or 707 was in its heyday and now, at least as airliners, they survive only in pictures and models.I am going to miss the old Budd diners. Good riding dependable old cars, the last of the Budds in regular Amtrak cars.
And in John Travolta's private hangar....When they go, it will be much like the retirement of a classic airliner. Something we take for granted while they are around and then really miss when they are gone. Think of how mundane the DC-8 or 707 was in its heyday and now, at least as airliners, they survive only in pictures and models.I am going to miss the old Budd diners. Good riding dependable old cars, the last of the Budds in regular Amtrak cars.
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