Originally Posted by
darben
Usually either part of the cafe car or adjacent. Always is debatable because with Amtrak who knows what may happen. On the Talgo train in the Northwest it was not adjacent when I took it. Every trip on the Empire Service (NY) it has been part of the cafe car and at the end of the train.
It depends on the equipment type. On non-Acela northeastern trains with a full business class car, BC is always the first car in the consist (right behind the engine, and ahead of the quiet car), and the cafe is in the center of the train. On non-Acela northeastern trains with a combined cafe/business class car -- such as the Vermonter, Maple Leaf, or NER Trains 66/67 -- it is usually the last car in the consist and is configured with table seating on one side of the cafe counter, and business class seating (15-18 seats) on the other side. Operational substitutions can occur on occasion, but this is the typical setup.