# Let's hear what Amtrak is like **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 3, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-what-amtrak-is-like/994066 "2023-12-03T23:20:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-what-amtrak-is-like/994066/81 "2023-12-06T16:36:54Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > Recently he was on a “theater car” where he made a presentation from a lectern to a bunch of executives seated facing him. IME, that’s a Superliner observation car which has a video screen at one end. Perhaps Amtrak employees have access to better rolling stock or things have changed in the past couple of decades. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-what-amtrak-is-like/994066/82 "2023-12-06T20:54:50Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > … Perhaps Amtrak employees have access to better rolling stock … Not sure whether my experience is related to the above quote, but … Once I had to change my reservation and the only roomette available was in the transition sleeper (a Superliner car which has a lower door at one end that connects with the baggage car and a higher door at the other that connects with the next Superliner car). It’s mostly dedicated to the service crew, but normally has several compartments available for overflow passengers. At least in this case, I would say that Amtrak spares _every_ expense for crew comfort — to be charitable, it was a poorly-maintained rattletrap. Which kind of makes sense given that the crew is working pretty much all the time they’re not asleep, but I wouldn’t really describe it as a perk. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-what-amtrak-is-like/994066.md?page=4)