Refurbished roomettes-can't shut off speaker??

[JayPea]

I don't know about turning the PA system off, but I've never been on a train on which announcements were made after 10PM. And while some begin promptly at 6AM, I've been on trains where announcements didn't begin until 7AM. Or later. Personally I tune them out so that I really don't hear them. Unless it's mealtime and I'm waiting to be called to the diner. Then I'm all ears. :lol:

 

[the_traveler]

10 pm to 7 am is the "quiet period" on a LD train when no announcements are made over the PA unless absolutely necessary. That is why during the last announcement of the night your told "... if you're getting off at _____, ______ or ______ (stops during the night), by sure your. In your room or seat so that the conductor can notify you of your upcoming stop."

 

[City of Miami]

OK. Thoroughly admonished by the official AU Thought Police, I won't express myself anymore ever again :excl: :mellow:

 

[Ryan]

That seems to be a bit excessive.

 

[SarahZ]

OK. Thoroughly admonished by the official AU Thought Police, I won't express myself anymore ever again :excl: :mellow:

I don't see it that way, City. I thought it opened up an informative discussion about radios. Thanks to your post and the following comments about the crew using radios instead, I learned more about radio operations from Ryan and Alan.

As for stating that it would take too long for the crew to walk a few car lengths to talk to another crew member, I wasn't trying to be mean. I'm sorry if you took it that way. I really meant no harm.

 

[Phil S]

OK. Thoroughly admonished by the official AU Thought Police, I won't express myself anymore ever again :excl: :mellow:

I don't see it that way, City. I thought it opened up an informative discussion about radios. Thanks to your post and the following comments about the crew using radios instead, I learned more about radio operations from Ryan and Alan.

As for stating that it would take too long for the crew to walk a few car lengths to talk to another crew member, I wasn't trying to be mean. I'm sorry if you took it that way. I really meant no harm.

Yes, it's been useful discussion. As for "Orange, pick up the IC", you need to understand that onboard staff might be almost anywhere on the train - diner, lounge car, crew car, the car they're assigned to, or anywhere in between. So it's not just a matter for walking 2 cars or 3 to find him. OTOH, I don't want to listen to any of this while I'm sleeping in sleeper. Duct tape? Pocket knife with screw driver? I've encountered only 1 or 2 channel switches in sleeper that don't work, but I always try to be prepared.

 

[roomette]

Oh FFS, somebody get Miss Polly's GD fake cheese cake to the H room so we can move on.

 

[Ryan]

Thank you for your valuable contribution to the thread.

 

[PaulM]

OK. Thoroughly admonished by the official AU Thought Police, I won't express myself anymore ever again :excl: :mellow:

I'm on your side here. When discussing a serious problem, and I consider not being able to control loud, irrelevant announcements inside your sleeping accommodations at 7:00AM a serious problem, to quote company rules is begging the question.

I still think someone dropped the ball by removing the in-room controls.

 

[jerry jaye]

Sleeping cars did just fine for a century with no PA system in every room...there is NO justification for the lack of an "off" switch.

 

[jerry jaye]

the fact is, these types of interruptions of the passengers' peace and quiet would NOT have been tolerated for a moment during the Golden Age....if the Twentieth Century Limited had tried it, passengers would have fled to the Broadway Limited-----railroads back then followed the maxim that "the customer is your employer and your boss." Nowadays, Amtrak staff largely---not all, but largely---believes the customer is a pest to be ignored or treated rudely. So---I ride the train for ME, and don't let them ruin my experience. This PA system matter is just one more manifestation of the railroad not giving a hoot about passenger comfort. The difference between the level of service I experienced on a 1960 sleeping car trip to Florida and the level of today is staggering....but then, it is the same on the airlines, or worse, actually. And yet the cost of a first class train trip is now much higher than in 1960...back then, the sleeping car was a fairly minor increase in cost over coach...

 

[Ryan]

No, coach travel has just gotten significantly cheaper (when you factor out inflation). Sleeping car tickets have tracked very closely with inflation.