u/Huge-Squirrel8417

Second question tonight but something I'd like to know

Taking the LSL from Boston to Chicago, needed more clothes and footwear to pack than I normally do when on a vacation so I'm using a big suitcase. Not carry-on sized

I know it will fit *tightly* in a sleeper but I'm thinking of just checking it.

I dislike checking baggage in general because I always worry that at the other end someone's going to grab my suitcase and run away with it before I can get to the carousel.

Having never done it before, how does it work when I get to Chicago? Stand behind everybody else or is there a more orderly distribution of baggage particularly for sleeper people?

Thanks in advance

I did search the sub before I asked this if I missed something my apologies

I'm taking the LSL this weekend from Boston to Chicago, boarding time is 12:50 PM, sleeper car.

I know the dining car doesn't join us until Albany

Is there any lunch served coming out of Boston or is that too late already in the day?

It seems like in a 22 hour trip the only thing that's available might be dinner and then breakfast.