This past Saturday, an Amtrak spokesman appeared before the annual meeting of TRAC, the Train Riders Association of California. He said that soon after the first of the year, Amtrak would be making an announcement about new equipment purchases that he said would be “dramatic and bold.” Let us hope so. Many of Amtrak’s Superliner…
On my recent cross-country trip on Amtrak, I made a point of comparing the roomette in the Viewliner sleeper, which I had on the Lake Shore Limited from Chicago to Boston, with the roomette in the Superliner I occupied from Washingto back to Chicago on the Capitol Limited. The most obvious difference is that there…
We’re getting reports that Amtrak put out a Request For Proposals in June for 130 new Viewliner sleepers, with an option for an additional 70 of those cars. This is very good news, because with every passing year, much of Amtrak’s fleet gets closer and closer to becoming … well … junk. A reasonable life…
(Once again, my apologies for the long delay between posts. Amtrak does not yet have wifi on its long-distance trains, but I was hoping to get to this during my stopover of several hours in Chicago. Alas, the internet connection in Amtrak’s Metropolitan Lounge wasn’t working. I will do my best to make up for…