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.
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...
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?
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...