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Thanks for the help. Yeah I was going to ride just for the points but after reading your thoughts and advise I think I will sit this one out. I was planning an LA to Sacramento trip this weekend but will probably end up driving instead as I think its cheaper and much faster (I will have...

Hi Group, I am trying to take advantage of the promo that ends in 3 days where you have to spend 50 dollars in California and you get 1000 points but was hoping for some advise. Sorry for all the questions and thanks in advance for the help. First - Is this deal worth it if I plan on...

Whoa! I cant believe this post got so many views! The train was amazing... I did not share my room by the way. However: 1 - I easily could have shared the room space wise as long as someone did not have too much baggage however there would be pretty little privacy if any. 2 - There would be...

Whoa! Somehow my post about ways to be cheap turned into a debate on homosexuality. This was NOT my intention and sorry if it ended up hurting or offending anyone. Again I probably wont share my room with anyone but was just curious what others thought and boy did I get that. For the...

Hmmm. Again I don't really know what I am talking about but i cant imagine its that much harder then we think it is. I mean i know you can get those wifi cards for the computer (which I am looking into) and planes are going much much faster and much higher and they seem to work fine. I wonder...

What kind of scanner would do the trick to listen in on the train communication? I dont know much about scanning but do you have to know "trunk" numbers and all that stuff? That would be really fun to listen in on what was happening. Thanks.

Kind of an odd question but here goes... I recently booked a ticket on the Sunset limited and have a "Superliner Roomette" reserved. I notice that they only charge you for a room once and not per person? As I am traveling alone … and in a non sketchy way would I be able to "share" the...

Yikes. I am also on this train leaving Wednesday! Is this kind of delay common? I hope not! I know this is a silly question but what happens in the advent of such a delay.. i assume you just sit on a non moving train. Is it like a plane where they tell you whats up? "Folks we have a little...

New traveler here and was just wondering if anyone can enlighten me on this topic - Why does Amtrak not have Wifi already on every car? Its 2010 and the airlines are even jumping on the band wagon. I'm no technical guru but get a satellite, a router, charge people 10 dollars a day and your...

Thanks! Thats all the info I think I need. Now I just need to decide to get a sleeper or not!

Wow guys thanks for all the tips! I am leaving out of LA on Wednesday and am pretty excited. Its cool to see so many people passionate about traveling... I used to be this excited about plane travel until the last few years it got to be such a pain. Glad to know there is another "fun" way to...

I am so excited about my first train trip. I am taking the 42 Texas Eagle AKA the sunset limited from LA to Houston. However I have a few newbie questions and wanted some opinions from you experts. Sorry in advance for the strangeness of some of these questions and for having so many. FEEL FREE...