One of my friends actaully had to audicity to post this on facebook and I qoute "Privatize Amtrak. That will make it more efficient, and do away with accidents like what happened a few days ago." I couldn't resist and tore him a new one. One of his responeses was and I quote "You have a...
I'm assuming you mean the Pullman Rail Journeys Iowa Pacific operates. I actually did a test booking, and depending on when you book an upper berth in an open section costs less than an Amtrak roomette.
I've ridden the CS a number times, never encountered this, well except when they were wine tasting for a fee to coach passengers. On my last trip they made pretty adamant announcements that PPC was for sleepers ONLY.
Amtrak acquired dome cars from the predecessor US roads, 7 domes were sold to Canada years ago, but were never used. All domes currently on VIA are ex Canadian Pacific.