Nickrapak
Service Attendant
Maybe this is just my lack of knowledge, but...
I was looking at the schedules for trains from the East Coast to Chicago for the next week or so, and saw that the Cardinal is completely sold out for 2/3 trips this following week, and the Capitol Ltd. is for most of the next week as well. My question is why don't they just add another coach to the consist? I know that it would be difficult to add a Superliner coach at WAS, but adding another Amfleet to the Cardinal shouldn't be too difficult. Or is Amtrak stretched so thin that almost every coach is needed in active service?
I was looking at the schedules for trains from the East Coast to Chicago for the next week or so, and saw that the Cardinal is completely sold out for 2/3 trips this following week, and the Capitol Ltd. is for most of the next week as well. My question is why don't they just add another coach to the consist? I know that it would be difficult to add a Superliner coach at WAS, but adding another Amfleet to the Cardinal shouldn't be too difficult. Or is Amtrak stretched so thin that almost every coach is needed in active service?