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AMTRAK trains west of chicago, why only superliners?

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As noted in other posts, the primary reason Superliner equipment is not used on many of the eastern trains is because of the clearance problem getting into and out of New York.  If it were not for the clearance problem, Amtrak would probably use Superliner equipment on all of its long distance trains or at least the ones that are on the road overnight.  Superliner equipment is more efficient than the single level equipment.  It generates more bang for the buck.  For example, a Superliner sleeper, as shown on Amtrak's webpage, has five bedrooms and ten roomettes up stairs.  It also has four roomettes, one family bedroom, and one accessible bedroom down stairs.  Assuming two people to a room, it can carry 42 passengers comfortably; it can carry 44 passengers if one assumes four people in the family bedroom.  By comparison, a Viewliner sleeper has one accessible bedroom, two bedrooms, and 12 roomettes.  It can carry 30 passengers comfortably.   The Superliner coaches are also more efficient than the single level coaches, although I don't have the numbers before me.  I am sure someone else probably has them or can dig them out. The Superliner roomettes are not very comfortable, especially if they are occupied by two people.  In addition, if one has to go to the toilet in the middle of the night, he or she has to dress, at least partially, and paddle down the hallway to the toilet on the upper level or use one of the toilets on the lower level..   I find the seats in the Superliner coaches to be more comfortable than the seats in the roomettes, although I am long past the stage where I am going to sleep sitting up on an over night train.  The risk of traveling coach class, especially on a long distance train, is that you find yourself next to a passenger like the woman who was thrown off the train for excessive use of a cell phone.  It can make for a very unpleasant trip.
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