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Does anybody know how often these roomettes roll unsold? What does Amtrak do when a roomette is unsold and the day of travel is fast approaching?

In one of the news reports about Amtrak winter weather problems, the discussion turned to the Acela trainsets. These operate with a locomotive at both ends of the train. According to an Amtrak source, the lead locomotive kicks up such a cloud of snow that it is, in fact, sucked into the open...