The Coast Starlight gets an extra sleeper during peak periods.As many of us are well aware, it's common for sleepers to sell out in the summer. This got me thinking: If Amtrak were to have a reserve of spare sleepers, would strategically adding them to routes during periods of high demand increase the routes profitability?
I'm just guessing here, but it seems to me that adding a car to an existing train would be relatively inexpensive compared to the fixed cost of running the train in the first place.
Anybody care to enlighten me?
During peak periods, the Zephyr has the 0533/0633 car CHI-DEN.
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