[fraurauch]

My husband and I have used the auto train five or six times, both in coach or in a sleeper. We prefer the sleeper. We will be going north in a week and have chosen to drive, as we called to get prices on the train. We have an SUV (more dollars), so the bottom line was around $1100 round trip. We can drive to Pennsylvania, even with today's gas prices and a night in a motel up and back, we think, for around $600. Even though we would prefer to take the train, we couldn't justify the extra dollars.

The train whistles don't bother us at all; we both worked for a railroad. Also, our experience was that the train rocked us to sleep.