Originally Posted by Tanya934
Travelling on the Empire Builder this June & am a little concerned about leaving stuff in the bedroom whilst we sit in the Dining or Lounge Cars.
Are the closets & doors lockable or can i secure them with a cable tie?
As we're taking travellers checks, passports etc i don't want to leave them where they can be stolen.
The brouchure does not mention anything about security so i would welcome any advice.
The doors are lockable from the inside of the rooms, but I don't believe they are from the outside. However, from the trains that I have been on, the sleeping cars on on 1 side of the diner and/or lounge car, while the coaches are on the other side.
The diner staff questions you when passing through if you are a sleeping car passenger. (Coach passengers can not go into the sleepers.) I have been questioned while going from the lounge car - through the dining car - back to the sleeper at 4:30 AM! ^
Thus, the only people you would be concerned about are other passengers in the sleeping cars (who also have the same concerns as you).