American Circle Train Trip

I walked the train from one end to the other. Two engines (not that I could get inside them, but I counted when I boarded). Following them are two sleeper cars (mine is second). Then the dining car. Next is a coach car (with business seating on the lower level), then the observation car (with a cafe downstairs), two more coach cars (one with business seating downstairs) and finally the private car (which I can only see through the window on the door of the last car. Fun fact: in online forums for train enthusiasts, they call that window the "railfans window.". Normally you can see the tracks behind the train from it.

I'm hanging out in the observation car for a bit. Crater lLake is coming up soon on the west. My room is on the east. All the seats on the west side in here were taken but a guy got up and I snagged his seat before the cushion had recovered from his butt print.Read more