Trainmans daughter
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Has anyone had the experience of boarding a train at 2am? If you have a bedroom or roomette, are the beds already made up, or does one have to bother the attendant to help them out at that crazy hour?
Same experience at Newton KS. Typically the sleeper attendant is sound asleep, so the conductor or asst. conductor boards you and takes you to the room. Bed is made up and ready to go, water in the room, etc. Really not that different than any other trip other than the part about being dog tired when you get on the train. But makes it easy to go to sleep when the train starts rolling...I have boarded a sleeper at NDL (Needles, CA) at 1 AM and 2 AM, and the beds were already set!
I board after midnight every time I travel east or west out of SPK, and yes, rooms are made up. Most SCA's are asleep at SPK.Has anyone had the experience of boarding a train at 2am? If you have a bedroom or roomette, are the beds already made up, or does one have to bother the attendant to help them out at that crazy hour?
We have boarded at 11pm, 12am, & 4 am, the beds were always set for sleeping.Thank y'all so much. On June 8, my granddaughter and I will be boarding the CS in Chico at 1:55 am (if no delays). I just want to wake her up, plop her in the car, drive 5 minutes to the station, board the train, and both of us flop into bed until 9am or so. Sounds like this will be possible.
(This site is so amazing!)
I've boarded at midnight (CS in Sacremento) and the beds were already set.
I'm taking the Sunset Limited from Maricopa, AZ tonight at midnight, so I'll let you know.
What else would they be set for? :lol:We have boarded at 11pm, 12am, & 4 am, the beds were always set for sleeping.
Set for daytime as in seats! :lol: :lol:What else would they be set for? :lol:We have boarded at 11pm, 12am, & 4 am, the beds were always set for sleeping.
Darn it! I thought we were going to hear something a little more exciting! :lol:Set for daytime as in seats! :lol: :lol:What else would they be set for? :lol:We have boarded at 11pm, 12am, & 4 am, the beds were always set for sleeping.
Oh, were you hoping set for a party? That's the_traveler's train! Or maybe the Reno Fun Train.....Darn it! I thought we were going to hear something a little more exciting! :lol:Set for daytime as in seats! :lol: :lol:What else would they be set for? :lol:We have boarded at 11pm, 12am, & 4 am, the beds were always set for sleeping.
I think those times qualify...We've boarded at 11:30pm &12:00am & 4:00am & the beds were always ready.I board out of LNK (Lincoln NE) and WB I board at 12:08am And EB I board at 4:21 does this make it the middle of the night? The beds have always been ready to "slip in to" when I board. I was talking to a SA on my trip from GBB and he used to be a LSA but switched to SCA. I asked why and he said, "I would rather survive on sleep deprivation than sensory deprivation". :lol: He says one of the hardest routes as an SCA is the LSL. He said you are virtually awake all night long because of the late night stops.
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