Siemens Venture Single Level Cars for CA/IL/Midwest

Tadman wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:19 pm good money to ride a nice coach bus

I've wondered about buses with a couple 3-seat rows up front with a slightly off-center aisle so that the seats are wider, sold as business class, to better approximate the comfort of train travel on an Ambus and make it more appealing. If Ambuses sell out then obviously no, but if they don't, then it seems like a way to make extra money on the same number of sold seats, and to appeal to people who like you and to some degree me who will take a train but disdain an intercity bus.

Yes, I heard that a cafe car will be moved into Lincoln Service next week when its current car goes to the Borealis.

Indeed.

I overheard a convo between food service staffer and conductor to that effect this morning. On a NB Lincoln service train.

He didn’t literally say Siemens or Venture, but he mentioned a swap and described the new cafe car in a way implying that the conductor wouldn’t have seen that car before.

Anyone hear anything for venture cab cars on San Joaquin or Midwest trains? I heard they were testing in CA on may 28th but nothing since.

robelybasis wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2024 2:31 pm Anyone hear anything for venture cab cars on San Joaquin or Midwest trains? I heard they were testing in CA on may 28th but nothing since.

It was delayed by the host railroad a few times, but I still haven't heard any update since sometime in June.