Sleepers Added for the Summer

[AmtrakFan]

Folks,

Sleepers are being added on these Trains and hopefully many more. Maybe Marionettea and the Amtrak Reform Board needs to ride these trains and see that people do use Trains.

- Sunset Limited gets a full sleeper Los Angeles-New Orleans

effective train 2(8Mar) and 1(13Mar).

- Empire Builder gets a second sleeper in the Seattle section,

effective train 7(31Mar) and 8(2Apr).

- Crescent got a second sleeper in both directions, effective

train 19(1Mar) and 20(1Mar).

- Due to heavy demand, Auto Train will retain the winter consist

of six sleepers through at least the middle of May.

 

[Guest]

the bids just went up for the full sleeper on train 2 . Also they are bring back the Houston turn sa.

 

[AMTRAK-P42]

- Crescent got a second sleeper in both directions, effectivetrain 19(1Mar) and 20(1Mar).

The Crescent hasnt run with only 1 sleeper for about 10 years. A few months ago when they started running with only 1, that was the first time in a LONG time. Kinda sad, however I am glad to see that 2 is returning for the summer.

 

[Guest_Gingee]

How many sleepers does the Empire Builder have now?

 

[battalion51]

It would appear that before the addition there's one on the Seattle side, one on the Portland side. The Portland side rarely gets another sleeper.

 

[Guest_Gingee]

You lost me. Okay, I am in a sleeper from Chicago to Seattle. We don't loose any sleepers do we?

 

[AMTRAK-P42]

You lost me. Okay, I am in a sleeper from Chicago to Seattle. We don't loose any sleepers do we?

No you will be fine .

 

[battalion51]

They're currently adding sleepers Gingee. They won't make the sleeper available for purchase if they don't plan on having it there.

 

[Guest_Gingee]

So I am still confused. How many sleeping cars are there along with coach cars and dining cars etc.?

 

[AMTRAK-P42]

Saw the crescent (under daily storage) at the station today, had the 2 sleepers! The full consist was the normal one:

AMTK #204

AMTK #24

Baggage

Dorm

2 Viewliners

Diner

Lounge

4 Coaches

 

[MrFSS]

So I am still confused. How many sleeping cars are there along with coach cars and dining cars etc.?

The EB normally has 2 Seattle sleepers, 2 Seattle coaches, a diner, sightseer lounge, then one or two Portland coaches and one Portland sleeper as the last car. Sometimes there is an extra coach on the end that only goes to/from St Paul. In peak times they can add more of the sleepers and coaches.