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[quote user="travelingengineer"]   Thank you "gardendance" for your (and the previous) responses to my query. For my clarification:  Can I book a Bedroom on the Texas Eagle out of Chicago and retain (i.e. stay in) that same Bedroom (thus on the same original Sleeping Car) from San Antonio on to Los Angeles?  If so, I am assuming that these designated Sleeping Cars ONLY (with the same original Car Attendants) are moved from the Texas Eagle onto the Sunset Limited at San Antonio, whereas those Sleeping Car passengers would now be using a new (Sunset Limited) Dining Car, Observation Car, et al.  Correct? But, as you say, all this may change when and if the Sunset Limited is replaced. [/quote] If you book a bedroom on the Texas Eagle (Eagle) from Chicago to LA, you will stay in the same room through to LA or any other point west of San Antonio (SA), with Del Rio being the first stop west of the Alamo City.  The westbound sleeping car is usually designated 2130 whilst the east bound sleeping car is usually designated 2230.  A coach also goes through.  Thus, coach passengers do not need to change cars in SA.  The southbound and westbound Eagle (21 and 421) arrives in SA at 9:55 p.m.  Through passengers have ample time to grab a late night snack at one of several restaurants near the station, or they can walk up to the River Walk for some adult beverages and possibly some late night entertainment.  The westbound Sunset Limited (Limited) is due in SA at 3:00 a.m.  It is scheduled to depart SA at 5:40 a.m.   Sometime between 4:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m., if my experience is any indicator, the Texas Eagle through cars are moved from the train that brought them from Chicago and placed on the back of the Limited.  Eastbound the process is reversed, except the dwell time in San Antonio for the east bound train is even longer than the layover for the west bound train (7 hour, 45 minutes westbound vs. 9 hours, 30 minutes eastbound and northbound). The sleeping car attendants are changed in SA.  This is the only place that I know of where Amtrak changes the sleeping car attendants on a supposedly through train.  The sleeping car attendant from Chicago to SA is a Chicago based crew member.  The attendant west of SA is a LA based crew member.  I took the Eagle from Austin to LA in January.  Westbound the Chicago based attendant stayed on the car until approximately 5:00 a.m., when he was relieved by the LA based attendant.  Eastbound the LA based attendant stayed on the car until approximately 6:00 a.m., when he was relieved by the Chicago based attendant.  I believe the Chicago based coach attendant, who services the Eagle coaches (usually two) from Chicago to SA, terminates his or her run in SA and heads back to Chicago the next day.  The LA coach attendant, who runs through from LA to New Orleans and back, services the through coach west of SA.
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