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Amtrak is replacing the full length dining car and Sightseer Lounge car on the Capitol Limited with a combination dining/lounge car, as per this announcement: "Beginning January 12, 2015 through February 28, 2015, the Dining car and Sightseer Lounge car will be removed from the Capitol Limited for maintenance and replaced with a Diner/Lounge car. Meals normally provided in the Dining car will be provided on one side of the Diner/Lounge car and the opposite side will serve as the Lounge car." I suspect the car is similar to the cross country cafe cars that run on the Texas Eagle and, I believe, the City of New Orleans.  They are more than adequate, although the staff may need to increase the number of seatings to accommodate the Capitol's passengers.  According to the current published timetables, the time to travel from Chicago to New York on the Capitol and a NEC Regional connecting train, at least on February 28th, as an example, would be 20 hours, 57 minutes.  The time for the Lake Shore Limited is 19 hours, 53 minutes.  The Lake Shore leaves Chicago at 9:30 p.m. and arrives in NYC at 6:23 p.m. the following evening.  The Capitol leaves Chicago at 6:40 p.m. and arrives in Washington at 1:10 p.m. the following day.  The NEC Regional train leaves D.C. at 3:30 p.m. and arrives in NYC at 6:57 p.m. When I travel from Temple, TX, which is the closest station to my home, to NYC, I book via the Capitol and a connecting NEC Regional train.  As a rule I get a better rate than going on the Lake Shore Limited.  Also, the Superliner equipment on the Capitol is more comfortable than the low level equipment on the Lake Shore Limited.
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