You can minimize this by booking a room in a sleeper car and/or moving around or going to the observation car - if it’s not too busy to do so. I have had some

You can minimize this by booking a room in a sleeper car and/or moving around or going to the observation car - if it’s not too busy to do so. I have had some interesting tablemates in the restaurant car though - they always fill all seats so you never know who you’ll be sitting next to for a meal! In retrospect maybe that actually was part of the charm too?…