Amtrak is looking at various ways to decrease costs, yet at the same time they are also developing a new Sightseer lounge car, that will operate across the system on Superliners, Amfleets and Horizon cars. The forward desgined Prototype car was captured by an avid railfan, and posted to another site, here is the picture...
Such Luxury! I had no idea Amtrak was going for such luxury. Do you really think the taxpayers can afford to continue subsidizing it? Have we researched other, lower-cost options? By the way, I hope you can set the handbrake on that thing! mg: That's one derailment I would hate to clean up.