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The transition crew car does not have a coffee station that I am aware of but the adjacent sleeper car will have the coffee station and you are welcomed to use that coffee station.
 
If you enjoy solitude, peace and relative quiet, this is for you. No through traffic other than the employees headed who rest there. It can be a little hard to get an SCA's attention, as the SCA from the next car deals with your room. Yes, the engine horn is a little louder, but that may or may not be an issue for you.
 
joelkfla said:
Does the transdorm have a coffee station?
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Get a Keurig Single serve. Small, easy to use, and your cup is always fresh.
Search "Keurig Single Serve" on Amazon and you can fing both Keurig specific and many other makes
which are K-Cuo compatible as well as some who do loose coffee and tea. $40-$100. You get bottled water from the SCA.
 
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moosejunky99 said:
I'm in roomette 20 and the diagrams. I don't see a 20. anybody seen this before on a ticket?
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The "Transdorm" car was originally called the "Transition Sleeper". It was built to provide a transition from the two level cars to single level cars, and for access to the engine by the crew. Also at the top of the front stairs had a larger room for the Lead Service Attendant, a species now extinct.
Western trains seldom have single level cars in the consist nowadays, so they made some mods and use them for crew dorms. Some folks didn't care for them, so many rooms were returned to revenue service.
 
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On my trip in the Texas Eagle transdorm a few years ago, the attendant for the transdorm was also serving as a coach attendant a few cars away and divided her time between the two. I think she did a great job juggling these two responsibilities although at times she was not available.
 
drdumont said:
The "Transdorm" car was originally called the "Transition Sleeper". It was built to provide a transition from the two level cars to single level cars, and for access to the engine by the crew. Also at the top of the front stairs had a larger room for the Lead Service Attendant, a species now extinct.
Western trains seldom have single level cars in the consist nowadays, so they made some mods and use them for crew dorms. Some folks didn't care for them, so many rooms were returned to revenue service.
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It was built to provide a transition from the two level cars to single level cars, and for access to the engine by the crew.

With the consist of two engines facing the same direction or opposing - there is no passage - only with one engine through the noisy labyrinth of the
engine workings is this possible.
Two or more engines it is a lonely world up front - anyway there is no sleeping for the engine crew upfront !
 
WWW said:
Two or more engines it is a lonely world up front - anyway there is no sleeping for the engine crew upfront !
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Since the T&E crew is on the train only when they are on duty, they have no need to be able to sleep on the train.
 
WWW said:
It was built to provide a transition from the two level cars to single level cars, and for access to the engine by the crew.

With the consist of two engines facing the same direction or opposing - there is no passage - only with one engine through the noisy labyrinth of the
engine workings is this possible.
Two or more engines it is a lonely world up front - anyway there is no sleeping for the engine crew upfront !
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Indeed, if there are two engines, there is no thru access to the front, unless someone wants to do a Gene Wilder rooftop walk... No nose door.

Ahh, with a single engine, but as you walk along the walkway, the purring of those lovely Diesels is a song that warms the heart of some of us.
 
Stayed in room 20 in the Transdorm on Capital Limited last trip. Car was 100% revenue and we had our own sca. It was a nice change of pace.
 
drdumont said:
The "Transdorm" car was originally called the "Transition Sleeper". It was built to provide a transition from the two level cars to single level cars, and for access to the engine by the crew. Also at the top of the front stairs had a larger room for the Lead Service Attendant, a species now extinct.
Western trains seldom have single level cars in the consist nowadays, so they made some mods and use them for crew dorms. Some folks didn't care for them, so many rooms were returned to revenue service.
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LSAs still exist. It's onboard chiefs that you're thinking about. Even then, technically they still exist. We have 7 on the Cascades.

AmtrakBlue said:
How do you know it was 100% revenue?
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It wouldn't have been 100% revenue, but it would have been a revenue car.

To all those who said there is no SCA or coffee station in the dorm: though traditionally this may be true, in recent times the car has been staffed, and the coffee station has been used, if the equipment is functional.

On many trains this year, all unoccupied rooms in the dorm have been sellable, hence why an attendant has been provided. I can't speak for all trains, but I can say that the Builder is back to selling only 6 rooms in the dorm, and will be taken care of by the 31 car attendant.
 
With the reduced OBS crews on some trains, if they don't need very many crew rooms, maybe they were in the regular sleeper and the roomettes in the TD were sold. With one room for the SCA, you get 16 roomettes and an H room, why not? If it has a working coffee station, I'd certainly have no problem.
 
I wanted to mention that the transdorm roomeetes are the reason the Coast Starlight is running the Business Class car between the transdorm and regular sleeper. The business class car attendant is the SCA for the transdorm. This means that if you want to go to the coffee station or use the shower in the "adjacent" sleeper, you actually have to go back two cars from the transdorm. Hopefully they stop using this arrangement in the future since no one seems to like it.
 

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