I was just on the LakeShore from Chicago to Albany this week, they crew said the LSL will be getting the new VL II diners over the next year as more of the new diners are deployed into service. I hope the sleepers are not far behind, we were six hours late into Albany-Rensselaer on Tuesday and the late departure from Chicago was due, among other things, to issues with the air conditioning on the sleeper cars, something I have experience on past trips. I think the only thing we found really annoying was they had us leave the Chicago Metropolitan Lounge to "board" when they knew it was delayed, we were already late and the message board noted delayed. We get down to the gates and they herded us into a waiting area they had cleared for the sleeping car/business class passengers and we sat there for over 2 hours. I think they just wanted to close the lounge on time. In past LSL trips with delays with the old Metropolitan Lounge they kept it open for us and we waited there. Have others experienced this with delays at Chicago?