jp1822 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 02, 2021 6:09 pm
There seems to be a couple of options for the Superliner LD train sets:
1) Reverse the consist and install the plug (which Amtrak does have) on the upper level door of the first coach....
2) Leave the baggage car and Superliner Trans Dorm/Sleeper upfront and put regular sleepers on the rear (that was done for a few summer seasons on the CA Zephyr).
As Mr. Norman puts forth - there's absolutely no reason to have the premium paying passengers - THOUSANDS of dollars a night on long distance sleepers - listening to the horn all night. And it is blasted all the way from Chicago to Pittsburgh especially on the Capitol Limited. Had that one first hand with this new Capitol Limited consist. And with the current Capitol Limited's pathetic consist, there's absolute no reason why the two coaches and two sleepers couldn't be swapped......
Don't get it.
I think too many are complaining abut the locomotive's horn and not enough are complaining about the squeaking and rattling coming from the room and roomette doors. The tooting of the horn can be romantic and are infrequent, but the rattling and squeaking from the doors are irritating and constant. Luckily, placing something in the door helps in reducing the loudness of the rattling, but that is something passengers should not have to do.
As for changing the order of the consist of the Superliner trains, how do you plan to do that? Just about every train is configured differently as is. The Zephyr can have coaches added midway over the divide and in Reno, the Builder is split and reformed in Spokane, the Eagle and Sunset Limited are split and reformed in San Antonio, the Chief can have coaches added in Kansas City, the All of them can have private cars added to the end of the trains in many locations along their routes.
A simple fact remains, it is far easier a task to accomplish adding and removing a coach car from the end of a train than from the front of the train. There are always valid reasons why Amtrak does what it does. After 50 years, give them some credit that they know what they are doing.
I also doubt Amtrak owns enough plugs to use on the six (6) trainsets for just one named train like the Zephyr, much less enough plugs for all Superliner trains.