IIRC, all the major US airlines flew the 727s into the late 1990s or early 2000s.
I definitely flew on more than a handful of Northwest 727s in the mid to late 90s, and they crisscrossed the country. American, Delta and United flew them about that late as well. I think USAir (or were they...
It’s been a while since I’ve been on either train (Cardina or LSL). Does the diner lite Amfleet car on those trains also serve as the cafe car, or is a separate car used? If it’s a separate car, then it could probably be replaced by a Viewliner, but as I recall, the current Viewliner...
Should be plenty. In theory, you shouldn’t need more than two or three for a fleet of that size. LSL requires three train sets, so that would still leave three spares.
Of course, while equipment availability may have been the reason the LSL lost its diner most recently, absent a recent...
Just as a thought, are you calling it RPA? It’s possible the agents don’t know what that is and are thinking it’s something else. Try asking for the NARP discount (Amtrak’s website still calls it that).
For that matter, is there a specific reason you’re doing this over the phone and not online?
Upon further review, it appears to have been a deadheading diner. I mistook the blank wall along the kitchen area as a baggage section. The video itself was too blurry to see the car number/name.
On Facebook, amidst the countless "hey, here's a photo/video of engine 47" posts was a video of, apparently, the Meteor, with what appeared to be a bag-dorm. How long ago was that one delivered? It looked to be behind the full baggage car, so possibly deadheading rather than in service.