>>1654930>I took the Texas Eagle from LA to West Texas once. Normal seat, not a room. I wouldn't do it again even if the trip were free. I'd absolutely do the same trip, or LA to NY, in a roomette if the fare were competitive with airline tickets though. (I'll say with major carriers and not budget airlines to be fair as well.)OP here. I took the Sunset Limited from San Antonio to LA one way a few months back on a whim. I got the full bedroom with private toilet/shower and was really glad I did, since there were multiple announcements telling passengers to take better care of the public bathrooms.
Service is great, missed out on the supposedly really good food due to Covid, and all they were doing was snacks and airplane type dinners.
The room itself is actually really cozy with comfy vibes to it. Mattress kinda sucked (not very soft) sucked though. The ride itself was a lot rougher than I expected and I woke up multiple times from being shaken awake when crossing a switch or something. I also got a little motion sick, as the car has a lot of sway on the second level.
The walls are really thin too, which is something I realized when I heard the person in the bedroom next door let an insanely loud wet fart rip while on the shitter. I'm sure the lady selling burritos at the El Paso station was a key factor in that explosive decompression. The toilet itself is like two seconds of an F-16 fighter jet at full throttle.
Was also kind of annoying that they had to stop at all these middle of nowhere practically non-stations in the desert even though there were no passengers waiting to board or depart. Like seriously, who the fuck takes Amtrak to someplace like Deming or Lordsburg New Mexico?
Overall, would do again just because it's a change of pace, though I would never do a round trip due to the trip's length and because there are only three return trains per week.
