Recent content by Haolenate

I recently took the Cardinal from Delaware to Virginia - was assigned a seat in coach next to a guest who claimed both seats; I sat in the row behind but got barked at by the car attendant, so I went back to the cafe car, setup shop with my laptop and worked. I got barked at again that I'd...

zeph, thanks! A friend that drives UP trains along this sector said the same, and the scenery isn't all that south of Seattle (could be because he works that section?). Was hoping for checked luggage, but I guess these consists don't have a bag car (unless cafe/baggage horizons still exist)...

Noob to the boards here, but grew up in Central Illinois & frequently took Amtrak to Chicago - are the Horizon cars on the Cascades the same we had in the midwest for years and years? I ask because when we had large school groups, the conductor (or car attendant) would let us flip the seats...

Friend that used to work for Amtrak said this is a firm policy after the Bourbonnais crash - both in evacuation and also (gulp) recovery.