Q: What’s the difference between a Superliner roomette and a Viewliner roomette? A: To start with, there are two versions of the Viewliner roomette. The older sleepers have both a sink and a toilet in each roomette. If you find yourself in one of the new Viewliner sleepers, you’ll have to use one of…
This scene has played out multiple times over the years. Perhaps it’s a talkative cab driver, often it’s someone sitting next to me on a flight to the mainland. But it starts when they ask me where I’m headed. It happened again on a flight to Oakland a month ago. Just to make conversation, my…
Once again, I am surprised—and pleasantly so—to discover that Amtrak cares about little issues as well as the big ones. In my previous post, I wrote about the car attendant I had on the California Zephyr and her P.A. announcement at he conclusion of what I am certain was a long day. Essentially, she said…
The California Zephyr was a few minutes late leaving Emoryville but, start to finish, it was a good trip. As always, however, there were a few things that popped up and struck me as interesting and worth passing along. For instance, I thought the car attendant in my sleeper—a woman of about 50—went about her…