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Does any one know how a 'slumbercoach room' would compare to a modern Amtrak roomette?

On a non AU forum the discussion of Amtrak roomettes came up and I related my experiences and explained with links about Superliner roomettes. One man insisted that roomettes are designed for only one person, and when I pressed him on it he said he had been in a roomette designed for only one...

I may not be "afraid of flying", as I voted. But all the hassle of going through security, increasing lack of room, diminished services, etc has turned me off on flying. I've made three round trips to/from Albuquerque <-> San Diego in the past several years. I can get there quicker and...

I'm referring to personal attacks in THIS thread.

Is it possible to leave personal attacks out of the responses?

Thank you for the clarification. I thought perhaps there was a class of service with which I was unfamiliar. :)

Any way to get a larger screen? You might put it on YouTube, as has been suggested, and a link here as well.

I'll check out your site. Any plans for when you are in D.C.?

Typically cops would say, when shooting an unarmed person in the back : "We feared for our life." Well, OK then.

Is the first photo in this thread ABQ? Is that a ramp to walk up and into the train car? When I go I always have to step up onto a stool, and I'm a disabled guy with bad legs, using a cane. The Amtrak folk just stand there, watching me, thinking "Hurry up, old man", never hearing my request...

Could the time update via 'data'? My last trip round-trip ABQ~LAX hit the time zone when I was asleep, but time was correct when I woke up.

Should you tip when the meal is brought to you, or when the tray is picked up? The one time I had a meal brought to me (dinner) the SCA basically dumped the tray in my lap and disappeared. After eating I put $5 on the tray and then waited over three hours for her to return. I noticed the...

I'm always amazed at the number of posts where people are concerned about the availability of alcohol for their train trips. :huh:

I think something like the Pacific Surfliner train in California would be most likely.

Checked the Uber website for San Francisco. There was one mention of the Bart being down, and a temporary surge pricing of 2.5x. Nothing about any $90 Uber charges. I guess if you typically pay $36 for an Uber ride, the 2.5x surge pricing would be $90.

I use Uber frequently and have used them since May of 2015. They charge by the mile or minute if waiting for you.. I'm not familiar with them setting a set price to take you to work. Maybe you got some bad info from an employee of a cab company, no friend of Uber, and always anxious to bad...

How do the buses deal with disabled passengers? I'm now 70 years old, walk with a cane, and have trouble with stairs.

In 1988 I took Greyhound from San Diego, CA to Portland, Maine because there was a special rate of $50. At that time you could smoke on the bus and the whole time I rode in a cloud of nicotine. I switched buses about six times and hated the whole trip. The five hour layover in NYC mid winter...

Eddie Bauer has some good stuff, comparable to LL Bean.

I don't have a particular one in mind but the best backpack I've ever owned was one I got for Christmas years ago. In addition to the compartments similar to what you show, mine had numerous smaller pockets on the exterior. That way I didn't have to dig through the larger compartments to find...