Thu Oct 6, 9:00 pm: Lake Shore Limited

Leg 4: Chicago-> Buffalo

This is a 12 hour night train. It's the first time I've been on this type of sleeper car, but I will put all the nitty gritty details about Amtrak cars in a separate post so those of you who couldn't care less can skip it.

I will say that this train goes both Boston and New York so it splits into two at some point. Which means some of the sleeper cars are at the very end of the train, and some are at the very beginning. My sleeper car was the last passenger car on the train but that means I was only two cars away from the dining car.Read more