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I have pretty much given up long distance travel on Amtrak because the cost of a sleeper has gone through the roof, i.e. I can get a first class hotel for the room charge on many of Amtrak's sleepers, and I am not comfortable sleeping in a roometter or bedroom.  I prefer to fly when traveling long distance and use the train for relatively short trips between destination cities, i.e. fly to New York and take the train to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, etc.  So I won't comment on the cleanliness of the sleeping cars. Over the past year I have ridden coach class between New York and Philadelphia, New York and Washington, Baltimore and Washington, Pittsburgh and New York, San Francisco and Bakersfield, Los Angeles and San Diego, as well as five trips from Temple Texas to Dallas or Fort Worth and two trips from Temple or Taylor to San Antonio. For the most part the coaches on all of the trains, with the exception of the southbound Eagle out of Dallas or Fort Worth, have been clean.  Equally important the rest rooms have been clean and stocked properly.  The northbound Eagle from San Antonio has been clean. It is turned in San Antonio and thoroughly cleaned before departing for Chicago.  The southbound Eagle is another story.  By the time it gets to Dallas or Fort Worth, it has been on the rails for nearly 24 hours.  The coaches look it.  They look a bit like a garbage truck.   As I noted in a previous post, I have met some nice people in the coaches.  In fact, most of them are nice, and they are considerate of their fellow passengers.  Unfortunately, the few bad apples are the folks that tend to stick in our minds.  Having said this, however, I would not ride coach on an overnight train, although I did it plenty of times in my youth. If I get stuck with an unruly seat mate on an airplane, which I have on more than one occasion, the ride is usually less than three hours, so I can put up with it.  Not that I have a choice.  But to be stuck beside an unruly passenger on a long distance train overnight could be truly a nightmare. Moreover, sitting up overnight is not my idea of fun; not at this stage in my life.
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