At SAS, as usual, 421 is combined with 1 for the trip west. Jim & I had a Roomette on 421 to ELP and then a Roomette on 1 from ELP to LAX. We had hoped to switch rooms during the day prior to ELP. Jim talked to the Conductor and SCA in SAS. They informed him that our room on 1 was not sold, and that we could occupy it right out of SAS!
Thus, Jim woke me up about midnight after the 2 were connected. (Either I was very tired or they were gentle, because I didn't feel a thing during the switching.)
The main thing about switching early is that the 421 sleeper is the last car on the train, and the Dining Car and sleepers from 1 are at the front of the train.
Just past the ELP station, #1 passes within 30 feet of the Mexican border.
Desert scenery in NM, AZ and CA - enough said!
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