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guest charles
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Hello all
We're about to start our second Amtrak adventure, this time on the Zephyr from Orinda (well, Emeryville) to Chicago, then back on the Chief to LA. (Our son will drive us back to the Bay Area.)
Last year we took the Coast Starlight between Emeryville and Seattle. With the Parlour Car available to us, we didn't frequent the Sightseer Lounge, assuming that coach passengers deserved the space.
But on the Zephyr and the Chief, there is only the Sightseer Lounge, yes? So are we as sleeper passengers expected to use our rooms for most of our viewing if the Sightseer is crowded with coach passengers wanting a little space? Is there any general etiquette or rules for seating the lounge? Can someone plant down early in the morning and stay all day? Or are you expected to spend a half hour or so, and then get up if people are standing around waiting for a seat? As I have not seen descriptions on this board of fistfights or tempers flaring over Sightseer Lounge space, I assume there is at least an ad-hoc system even if nothing is written in train rules?
We're about to start our second Amtrak adventure, this time on the Zephyr from Orinda (well, Emeryville) to Chicago, then back on the Chief to LA. (Our son will drive us back to the Bay Area.)
Last year we took the Coast Starlight between Emeryville and Seattle. With the Parlour Car available to us, we didn't frequent the Sightseer Lounge, assuming that coach passengers deserved the space.
But on the Zephyr and the Chief, there is only the Sightseer Lounge, yes? So are we as sleeper passengers expected to use our rooms for most of our viewing if the Sightseer is crowded with coach passengers wanting a little space? Is there any general etiquette or rules for seating the lounge? Can someone plant down early in the morning and stay all day? Or are you expected to spend a half hour or so, and then get up if people are standing around waiting for a seat? As I have not seen descriptions on this board of fistfights or tempers flaring over Sightseer Lounge space, I assume there is at least an ad-hoc system even if nothing is written in train rules?