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The Builder rolled into Winona Mn today with 3 head units and 19 cars! 8 private cars! It was uniquely configured with the baggage car in the middle. Very colorful.
I made a video
I made a video
That's because the consist splits in Spokane, and the Portland half gets the Sightseer Lounge, while the Seattle half gets the diner. Usually the consist is something like:Sorry, why are there two coaches between the SSL and Diner? Is that normal on the EB?
Right but why couldn't they just put the Seattle coaches between the Diner and 7/8 sleepers? Just so that the Diner always isolates the Seattle sleepers from the coaches?That's because the consist splits in Spokane, and the Portland half gets the Sightseer Lounge, while the Seattle half gets the diner. Usually the consist is something like:Sorry, why are there two coaches between the SSL and Diner? Is that normal on the EB?
7/8: Sleeper - Sleeper - Diner - Coach - Coach
27/28: SSL - Coach - Coach - Sleeper
There's always a split between the two because of that.
Correct. The benefit of having the diner and the SSL next to each other is less than the benefit of having the diner separate the Seattle sleepers from the rest of the train. (The Seattle section has more of the sleepers; usually there's only one sleeper on the Portland section.) It also allows for the Seattle sleepers to be as close as possible to the diner, which sleeper passengers use 3x/day.Right but why couldn't they just put the Seattle coaches between the Diner and 7/8 sleepers? Just so that the Diner always isolates the Seattle sleepers from the coaches?
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