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I'll be traveling with my grandson to Orlando from 30th Street station on the Silver Star, will I be able to check the stroller as baggage or will they make me take it in my Roomette?
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ehbowen
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Strollers may be checked as baggage where service is available, and both Philadelphia 30th St. and Orlando offer checked baggage service.
BCL
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You can choose either. If you really want to check it in, it will count against your baggage limit. I can't really find anything concrete saying it, but I believe that only a paying passenger is entitled to any check-in baggage allowance. So if your grandson is under 2, I don't believe that you'll get a baggage allowance for him. I'm sure that a child on a half fare is allowed the full baggage allowance.
If you bring it onboard, a stroller is considered a baby item and doesn't count towards your carry-on allowance. There's kind of a gray area there if it's for a free infant or for a paying child, but I'm pretty sure they'll let you bring it onboard, even if it's over the carry on size limits. I brought a larger folding stroller for my then 2 year old, and it was just stashed in a section where other larger carry on baggage was stowed. The rules theoretically state that it can only be done for an infant. It doesn't say paying or non-paying since it's possible that an infant may be required to be on a paying child fare since only one is free per accompanying adult.
https://www.amtrak.com/baggage-guidelines-booking
Infant Items
Passengers traveling with infants under the age of two may bring an additional infant item onboard (strollers, diaper bags), which does not count towards the carry-on baggage or personal item limit.
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If you take it aboard, the good SCA somehow finds a place to store the baby item not in your room. If he or she does, make sure to show your appreciation.
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