5 long-distance trains now have service improvement recommendations (I saw them at the Amtrak web site), and one of the recommendations for the Capital Limited is to put on a sleeping car in Pittsburgh so people don't have to make the train change in the middle of the night (or very early morning eastbound). The recommendaiton indicates it is for people coming from Philadelphia and New York. But I am confused about this recommendaiton (if it is accepted): Where will the sleeping car start, and where will it be stocked & serviced? It cannot be New York, because Superliners cannot travel to/from there. Does anyone know?
Posted by notelvis (Member # 3071) on :
I wonder if they are considering using a Viewliner sleeper from New York to Pittsburgh and then inserting this sleeper onto the Capitol. If it goes behind the baggage car and in front of the transition sleeper passengers in the Viewliner could access the rest of the train using the stairs in the transition sleeper.....
Posted by MDRR (Member # 2992) on :
That is indeed what the idea is. Of course it is a few years off, awaiting new sleeper deliveries.