I believe the Meteor generally has 3 Viewliners, the Star only 2. The LSL of course has 2 New York Viewliners and Boston Vieliner. The Cardinal has a single Viewliner. The Viewliners do get shuffled at Sunnyside, since they do have to find their way down to Hialeah for maintenance. The Boston Viewliner actually gets shuffled onto the Cardinal or the LSL for forwarding from new York to Hialeah via one of the Stars for maintenance. Also incidentally, it appears now that the New York section of the LSL is pretty close to interchangeable with either the Crescent or the Star.
Now, there are only two odd consists leaving New York. The Cardinal and Silver Meteor.
I'm not sure what the "it" is to which you are referring (which is on the trail or the lead).
I believe that the "it" is the baggage car, as it's on the bottom of the NY section, since the Boston section's is on the head end.
Of course I don't mention that it doesn't have a lounge... because it does!
Lion;
Interesting. When did this change? I saw the LSL recently and it definitely had two. Is it possible that the AII lounge is listed as something else? Or was that car (actually, all three of them) recently removed?
You'd be missing out, Amy and I had a great time on the Cardinal - the food was really quite excellent, the half-diner was never more than half full, and the scenery was great. Going from the Cardinal to the Empire Builder I really don't think that anything was lacking, servicewise.
You are simply wrong.
Right. The question is whether the New York section also has a lounge (an unstaffed one).
Funny how you're trying to tell me what I saw on a train that I rode. Perhaps you'll tell me what I had for breakfast this morning as well. Or maybe, since you know absolutely everything, you can tell me the car number of the Amfleet lounge that's going to NYP on tonight's 48.
GML, the New York section doesn't have its café/lounge anymore. I don't know when that change occurred, but it did.
On 4/21, 4/22, 4/23, and 4/24, it left Chicago without one. Interestingly enough, 28006 was in the Boston section on 4/22.
Oh really? I must talk to my friend, perhaps there has been a change this week.
That explains everything !!!! :lol: Just pulling your leg dude
Yeah, from what I understand now, the change was recent. Exactly how recent, I don't know.
