seat38a
Engineer
Just got back from birthday weekend out in LA. Took the Surfliner to and from to avoid traffic. Metropolitan lounge at LAUS has finally gotten their ice machine which couple of years ago, the lounge staff told me was their number 1 requested item by both passengers and staff.
The giant cookies and potato chips are still there for snacks. The lounge was very full with SWC passengers when I visited. On the Surfliner, the snack pack contents have been updated again. The olives have been replaced with turkey jerky, the hummus with asiago cheese spread/dip. Also, now the windows have a decal on them "One Ticket, One Seat."
I also talked to one of the old time conductors on my train up to LA. She told me, there were no plans to deploy the Chargers yet. Supposedly, the engines still needed something done to them for Surfliner use. Didn't get into too much detail. Also, she told me that the plan is for the new single level equipment to be used up north for the Capitol Corridor and the Surfliner's currently deployed up north to be reassigned to LOSSAN. Just relaying what I was told during our conversation so can't confirm or deny the story.
The giant cookies and potato chips are still there for snacks. The lounge was very full with SWC passengers when I visited. On the Surfliner, the snack pack contents have been updated again. The olives have been replaced with turkey jerky, the hummus with asiago cheese spread/dip. Also, now the windows have a decal on them "One Ticket, One Seat."
I also talked to one of the old time conductors on my train up to LA. She told me, there were no plans to deploy the Chargers yet. Supposedly, the engines still needed something done to them for Surfliner use. Didn't get into too much detail. Also, she told me that the plan is for the new single level equipment to be used up north for the Capitol Corridor and the Surfliner's currently deployed up north to be reassigned to LOSSAN. Just relaying what I was told during our conversation so can't confirm or deny the story.