Amtrak employs over 200 sleeper car attendants nationwide ... which runs from Chicago to New York City and alternately Boston — a route along Lake Erie best traveled during the sunnier months.
When I booked a sleeper car for my 16-hour Amtrak ride, I could choose a roomette, bedroom, bedroom suite, or accessible bedroom. I went with the roomette, which was the smallest sleeping ...
The trains Amtrak inherited from the railroads were already decades old and were not designed to work together. No new sleeping cars had been built in the United States since the 1950s.
The private room is available on sleeper cars for long-distance train rides, like my trip from Miami to New York City. At $1,000 for one overnight ride, it's easily the most expensive Amtrak ride ...