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Old Jul 31, 2015 | 11:37 am
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BobH
 
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Originally Posted by BBarber
Few slight differences. 1st off is the height. Viewliner is single story and Superliner is double. Viewliners allow you to walk the length of the train on the ground level, while Superliners require you to be on the second story. Viewliners also have a toilet in the rommettes I believe and the Superliners do not. The major and my favorite difference is that Viewliners have a 2nd window in the roomettes above the ground window. It really does help make it a bit less claustrophobic if you are the unlucky person who has to sleep up there. In the Superliners, because they don't have the second window, it almost feels like you're in a coffin. Lastly, I am pretty sure the consist of the actual trains themselves differ as one is primarily for long distance (SL) and the other is not (VL). I rarely get to ride the Viewliners because I live in Ohio and always go out west when I ride the train.
Deluxe Superliner rooms have bath rooms, the economy ones don't.

Also, on a Superliner equipped train, all the boarding etc is on the lower level, so if it's cold outside or whatever.......

Bob H
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