I will be taking the California Zephyr the entire journey, and I planned on getting a lot of work done on my laptop during the journey. I will be staying in a roomette, I've taken Amtrak on the North East Corrider, both coach and Acela before and I know that coach and business class Acela have outlets. However, I can't find outlets in this 3-D Panoramic of a California Zephyr Roomette.
Will I be able to charge my laptop during this 52 hour journey?
According to this image atleast: http://www.360cities.net/image/amtrak-roomette-sleeper-california-zephyr-2007#424.41,0.66,20.0
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if you look into the other room http://www.360cities.net/image/amtrak-roomette-sleeper-california-zephyr-2007#553.27,12.12,20.0 you can even see a a macbook beeing charged.
I traveled on the California Zephyr in January 2010 and had a roomette. It does indeed have an outlet. As I recall, it had a label saying something like "Razor Only" but worked fine to charge my laptop. It might not work for higher-current appliances.
Just to confirm, when I took the trip in December 2011, there was a 120 volt outlet that said "Razor Only" However, it charged my nook, laptop and two phones without issue.