Passenger Trains > San Joaquin train

Do the San Joaquins still using the low level cars ?? The old Comet cars.

The San Joaquin I rode back in June of this year from Emeryville to Bakersfield had one behind the locomotive with the rest (5 cars) being bi-level cars.

Last Wednesday I went for a walk in Jack London Square, Train 715 came in from Bakersfield and had the Comet Cars.

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one set comet cars, no food only bottle water and snack pack!

SCAX3401 Wrote:
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> The San Joaquin I rode back in June of this year
> from Emeryville to Bakersfield had one behind the
> locomotive with the rest (5 cars) being bi-level
> cars.

The low level car is there for axle count not passeneger seats.

Here's the single-level set departing Modesto on Tr.718 two months ago:
 

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mundo Wrote:
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> one set comet cars, no food only bottle water and
> snack pack!

Is this still the case, even though the May 2022 timetable says there's a
=13.3333px"Cafe Car featuring premium sandwiches,
=13.3333pxsalads and snacks, plus local, domestic
=13.3333pxand imported beer, wine and cocktails"    ?

Do the California car trainsets have a cafe car and just the comet sets don't? 

bridge22-0196 Wrote:
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> mundo Wrote:
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> > one set comet cars, no food only bottle water
> and
> > snack pack!
>
> Is this still the case, even though the May 2022
> timetable says there's a
> =13.3333px"Cafe Car featuring premium sandwiches,
> =13.3333pxsalads and snacks, plus local, domestic
> =13.3333pxand imported beer, wine and
> cocktails"    ?
>
> Do the California car trainsets have a cafe car
> and just the comet sets don't? 

answered my own question this morning, thanks to having to switch from hours late Starlight to San Joaquin #710 (double-level cars),   There is a cafe car, but fewer menu choices than pre-COVID.    Quite a come-down from the meals in the diningcar I was looking forward to today!