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We were in the Chicago lounge Tuesday around 11:00 am and the cash bar was set up in the area under the stairs. Nice bar tender. Stopped in the Washington lounge Wednesday to check out the refresh. Nice assortment of snacks available and the coffee machine was wonderful!! Refrigerator full of...

Thanks for your trip report on the Cardinal. Looking forward to my first trip on train 50 next month.

The description says “meals not included”.

Thanks for sharing this information. Congratulations to Karen for a job well done. It really is just about those little things that make a great impression and enjoyable trip.

The door facing the coaches was the one used for serving coach passengers.

I was only in there for dinner, during which they reopened the 'cafe' to serve coach passengers from the kitchen door. I saw no coach passengers come to the seating area of the diner.

I was on the Crescent 19 (23) with the VL2 Diner. When I boarded the train in WAS, I was so excited to see the diner that I didn’t realize there was no cafe car. When I asked the SCA she replied that there was an equipment shortage and they would have to run the cafe out of the diner. It...

I just booked a trip on the Crescent and the car and room number are visible when viewing my trip in the app! This will make boarding so much easier since I will not have to have the paper copy to remember my car number.

Just returned from a trip on the Crescent. There were two coach cars followed by a cafe car, two sleepers, and a bag dorm. I boarded from the Moynihan Train Hall and the train started its run with only one sleeping car attendant, the second attendant did not board until Baltimore. The...

Thank you for your report and pictures! What were the food options in the Metropolitan Lounge at South Station?

Traveling south on the Crescent in a few days and I’m booked in the 11 car, so that would indicate two sleepers.

Thank you for the information.

What is the current Crescent configuration? Are the sleepers at the front or rear of the train? Thanks

Taking a trip on the Crescent in a few weeks and will board in Anniston AL. Has anyone left a car parked at the station for several (six) nights?

Thanks so much for your trip report and for the answers concerning the shower for the Park Car drawing room. Looking forward to planning a trip on the Ocean soon.