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Great report, great pictures...thanks.

My first overnight train ride included 51 from WAS to CHI in coach about 7 years ago in May. I still have a vivid memory when I woke up about 10 minutes before crossing the Ohio River at Cincinnati. I was sitting on the left side of the train and we were going very slow across the bridge and...

I was on a late Lake Shore from ALB to SPG a few years ago. We arrived in Pittsfield just before the westbound LSL. After we pulled out of the station heading east I heard the conductor about 2 rows behind me say "You're not getting to Cleveland on this train". He gets on the radio and the train...

I was on 29 was-chi on the 19th in 2901 next to the diner. 2902 was directly behind the engine. The cafe was in the downstairs part of the observation car. Last time that I was on 29 or 30 the downstairs was blocked off in the observation car. The cafe side of the diner was not selling...

I asked a ticket agent at NHV last week about the senior fare discount and age changes (10% and age 65) and he said that it is going to happen on 1-7-18. I did not discuss any of the other changes since someone showed up behind me so I did not want to delay them by any more questions. Sent from...

April 2015 NHV to WAS NE Regional WAS to CHI Capitol Limited in Coach CHI to Los Angeles Texas Eagle Roomette Overnight in hotel in Los Angeles because of missed connection to Coast Starlight when Texas Eagle was about 7 hours late Los Angeles to Portland Oregon Roomette Portland to CHI...

Thinking about taking LSL Business class from Springfield to Chicago. I have been on Cardinal Business class where it sounds like it is the same type of configuration. On the Cardinal, coach passengers are not allowed in the Business class car and there is no Amtrak employee serving food and...

I was in a lower level roomette on the Empire Builder from Portland to Chicago last spring. I liked the ride there for sleeping better than upper level. That was just my preference. I am sure that many would disagree. One advantage to lower level is if the window gets dirty, you can grab some...

I made the connection from 43 to 29 in PGH on the Jan 29th for the first time. I left my carry on bag with the attendant just to the left of the ticket window downstairs. Train 43 was about a bit early on that day. I took a walk down a few blocks on Penn Ave all the way to the area where the...

I was on the Cardinal 50 from Chicago to Washington leaving 1-30-16 in a roomette. The consist was a viewliner ii baggage, 1 sleeper, the business class with 1/2 leather seating and the tables on the other side, diner lite, and 2 coaches. I was in roomette 1. The way that the sleeper was hooked...

Just looked few seconds ago and viewliner roomettes are available and superliner roomettes and family bedrooms are sold out. So, if true, the train must not be all superliner. Strange...

Just after I posted, l thought that it would have to be a trans dorm car if they actually had people booked in the rooms. If it was a superliner bedroom car just going along for the ride, why would they show the sold out rooms on the inventory? Just attach it to the train and let it be a...

I was looking on Amtrak web site for Cardinal prices.. I saw that it lists Family bedroom and super liner roomettes on the site between Chicago and Washington. They are not available but they are listed. This Cardinal 50 appears to terminate in Washington because it is listed as cancelled if you...

I did this last year on a 10 day around the country trip Lat ApriI. I used all 8 segments and had 4 in rom rooms and 4 in coach. Just call and talk to to a customer service agent and tell them what you want to do. Not sure if it still applies but I got paper tickets that were pulled by the...

Rode 50 from CHI to NYP about 2 weeks ago. There was 1 sleeper behind the baggage car hooked up with room H facing the baggage car. We were in room 6 and it was on the left of the train. The diner lite was behind the sleeper with 3 coaches behind that. If 51 is set up the same way, your room...

Great job. Thanks for your efforts.

Thanks for the quick responses. It is what I suspected but was hoping that I was wrong. I will keep checking for a thru train 421 possibility between now and the departure date.

I just booked a cross country trip that includes a roomette 22 in 2132 chi-sas and change to roomette 18 in 0131 from Sas-lax. I tried to get a thru roomette but none available on that date. Both of those rooms sound like numbers that are in the transition sleeper or trans dorm car. The agent...

*** Note that all posts prior to this one were made in 2013 *** Hi all... First post ever. I have been reading a lot on this board and thank you all for the information that I have gotten about all things Amtrak. I rode the Cardinal from New Haven to Chicago and the Capitol Limited back last...