On California Zephyr #6 (9), the Sightseer Lounge was replaced with a Cross Country Cafe. The LSA made an announcement about the Sightseer Lounge being missing from the consist due to a lack of equipment. By lunch heading into Chicago, the Cross Country Cafe was sold out of everything but veggie burgers and chips.
Hopefully this was only a one-time thing, but Amtrak has already "temporarily" cut the Sightseer Lounge from the Capitol Limited and Texas Eagle this year with no notice. I'm not sure what's going on with the Sightseer Lounges, but I don't believe the explanation that the virus caused a lack of equipment, as Amtrak claimed in May of this year.
Amtrak is providing a poor service to its coach passengers by increasing capacity to 100%, kicking them out of the diner, failing to stock the cafe, and arbitrarily removing lounges.
Hopefully this was only a one-time thing, but Amtrak has already "temporarily" cut the Sightseer Lounge from the Capitol Limited and Texas Eagle this year with no notice. I'm not sure what's going on with the Sightseer Lounges, but I don't believe the explanation that the virus caused a lack of equipment, as Amtrak claimed in May of this year.
Amtrak is providing a poor service to its coach passengers by increasing capacity to 100%, kicking them out of the diner, failing to stock the cafe, and arbitrarily removing lounges.