Thank you Chaz, you did it for me.
I don't know what year Amtrak entirely discontinued smoking but a "smoking lounge" on lower level of lounge car is mentioned in the book...which was written 2004.
I'm sure many of you know what year all smoking was made illegal......????
That might be a little late for smoking still being permitted but I seem to remember somewhere about 2000 or 2001 they still allowed it and had a lounge on the TE - because I got stuck on the car with the smoking lounge even though I protested that I was a non-smoker with asthma. I was told, "This is the car that will open at your stop so you need to sit here."
Not too long after that I shifted to mostly doing roomettes....