Yea this was the where are you from going thing. Dude seemed friendly enough, tho I heard the abq police tended to hassle folks (I suspect of the not white variety)
I wondered if these were new, I didn't see them in December, but had plain clothes cops on the train chatting with everyone this time through. Have you guys experienced thus too?
Kinda excited about being able to ride in a 'new to me' type of sleeper. Tho technically I got lost on the CS once and wound up in the trasndorm and met quite an amusing chef.
It's on the Southwest Chief, which has the honor of being the train with the best service I've received on amtrak, my sca was really amazing. The CS is pretty much everyone's favorite train, having a beer in those fabulous lounge chairs is always fun.
Really excited to be going back to California on the train basically a repeat of my december in reverse (out on the SC, north on the CS and back to WI on the CZ). There's the detour of course via WY, but since I have about 500 pictures of the rockies form last time I wasn't super bummed. Really...
Hey folks, I'm curious if you have any ideas on the best route to take Chicago to Sacramento, The cz is the most direct, but I've done it before and maybe other routes would have a bit more adventure. What you guys think?
I agree that the observation car / lounge is the best place to socialize, and you'll meet lots of interesting folks. I've also met some really interesting folks at dinner.
I was on both these trains the first week in december, the roomette was quite warm, the rest of the train was fine, but the roomette was maybe 10 - 15 degrees warmer. I typically wore a tshirt and jeans with a hoodie or sweater I could put on to wander arround the train.