Recent content by MilwaukeeRoadLover

In practice, I don't see this. I see trucks hogging multiple lanes on the highway, crowding out cars, tailgating. I year for the time of the trains when freight had their own road.

For what it's worth, my family took the Empire Builder west to Glacier Park in Sep 2019. We masked and life when on...with Covid protocols. In many countries masking was the norm even before Covid.

To complicate that question, some cars... like the roomette cars..have compartment doors. So if the doors were closed, I would think youd get a different result than,say, a coach.

I use this feature all the time

I don't think this is much different from the airlines.

This is not unique to Amtrak. We had the same thing happen to our Delta Airline reservations booked in April for an Aug trip. In our case, they switched us from a direct flight to a one stop flight with connection at our least favorite airport with a most inconvenient time. And they did this...

Yay!

I never considered taking a laptop since wifi is not reliable. We did carry the camera with us when leaving the train for stops or dining

I think what you call Sightseers are what I call some cars and they are still on LD trains like the Empire Builder. During the early days of Covid, they were off-limits along with the dining cars. But they are currently open...with social distancing. Besides...isnt the cafe car below?

Like the old caboose?

I agree. I know from experience that you cant assume a family will be properly distributed across 2 roomettes unless you discuss that detail

I bet there were alot of these people during the 1918 pandemic. If only we would learn from our experiences...

I think two roomettes is a good choice We did 2 roomettes in Sep 2020 on the EB to Glacier. It was BOGO at the time and the kids were in one room across from us. But I would definitely confirm that they are across from each other. On our initial reservation, the put us kitty korner and because I...

I agree. If that are back into packing, I'd want to wait until after the vaccine. Is Southwest the same?

First class? I would be so lucky. Even business class is out of reach. But I've had some fine meals on international flights in Economy.