Beginning At the Rear
View from the Dome
There are 10 cars on this train. The dome/lounge car I'm sitting in has, starting from the rear, a large lower level area with comfy seats all around, snacks and fruit always out, along with coffee and tea.
Rear of Dome/Lounge Car
Continuing forward, you go upstairs to the dome section with bus-like seating and windows all along the side, front, rear and overhead.
Dome Car
Below the dome section is Lisa's lounge (not pictured) with occasional TV and vcr, a bartender from 11a to 11:30 p, and endless peanuts and chex mix. In front of that are a couple of rooms filled with a family of 7, including a down's syndrome boy. They kept having kids till they got a girl and she's spoiled rotten. They are Lisa's favorite entertainment on the train. Even more than the enormous red haired baby.
Lounge Car Hallway
Ahead of the dome car are 3 sleeper cars with 4 double bedrooms, two singles, a number of berths and a couple of couch seats surrounding a game table.
Sleeper Car Berth Area Hallway
Sleeper Car Bedroom Area Hallway
It's impossible to walk down these hallways without imagining Laurel and Hardy, Larry and Curly (or Schemp), or Lucy and Ethel clowning around
Our Room, bunks to the left (Lisa is posing), toilet room and sink with mirror on the right. Our stuff, wherever we can stuff it.
This is the best shot I could get of our room. I tried to get a picture of the berths, but I'd need a wide angle lens to get that close.
The Dining Car, my habitual haunt.
Next is the dining car, where I never met a meal I didn't like. From the omelette to the Alberta corn fed filet mignon and cranberry crunch, the food was exquisite.
Ahead of the dining car was the coach section with their dome car (just like ours but without the freebies) and a car with chairs almost comfy enough to sleep in. Then there's the baggage car, an empty dome car they're "deadheading" back to Toronto. (Apparently they have more westbound passengers than eastbound.) Finally, two engines.
The Business End