They can face either direction - you never know until you board the train.
While true, of course, it has been pretty consistent on the AT that the bedroom sleeper windows face the train station. They have for all of my trips, so far. Consistent enough that I feel confident in picking a particular room such that I face the direction of travel.
Well, with that trip, you probably did feel like you didn't know if you were coming or going. :giggle:
I've had the same thing happen. I forget which train (they all blur togetherAmtrakBlue said:
All I can tell you is that it is 4:45 PM and we still haven't reached ALB on the 48/448 - and we just sat on a siding while a CSX freight roared past us (same direction we are going).I must be dense, because I still don't understand this. Why would a freight pass a passenger train going the same direction? At worst the passenger speed would be the same as freight, and ideally would be faster, so what benefit is there to stop the passenger train on a siding in such an instance?!I am like a zombie right now. I have no idea what is going on!
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If the train is late, it is out of it's slot, and because Amtrak does not own the tracks, CSX can run their trains as they wish. They schedule Amtrak to be at a certain place at 1:36. If the Amtrak train does not show up at that spot until 4:52, and CSX has it's own freight scheduled at that spot at 4:52, who do you think will get priority?Texas Sunset said:1342823794[/url]' post='381633']I must be dense, because I still don't understand this. Why would a freight pass a passenger train going the same direction? At worst the passenger speed would be the same as freight, and ideally would be faster, so what benefit is there to stop the passenger train on a siding in such an instance?!amamba said:1342816796[/url]' post='381599']I am like a zombie right now. I have no idea what is going on!
While there is only 1 direction to make up a berth on a Viewliner Roomette, feet towards the commode, on Superliners the berth should be made with feet towards the locomotive so that in the unlikely event of a sudden stop they absorb the impact and not your head.
On the EB I prefer the north-side roomette - because you have view of the Sound out of Seattle (where the roomettes or actually on the West Side) and the River between Saint Paul and LaCrosse - and in the Rockies better viewing of the high perspective thousands of feet down down to the Flathead etc - rather than looking out at the rock wall on the other side of the train. Even at Wisconsin Dells the view is better from the north side.
