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    New Viewliner sleeping cars

    I never minded the Viewliner roometttes with the bathroom in the room. I need to to take a trip to Florida and I always buy a bedroom, plus getting older at times one needs a bathroom and cannot stand in line. Have the news car replaced the older ones or are some of the older sleeping cars...
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    Equipment used on Cascade Service to Vancouver BC (6/23)

    Okay l had ridden the Talgos before but what equipment is now running from Seattle to Vancouver BC.
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    Renting a car at Washington Union Station

    If I rented a car thru Amtrak for pickup at the DC station, does the rental agency drive you to there nearest location or are the cars in the station to be picked up. I have a relative in the Virginia area that I can rent a car there, but I do not like the idea of them driving to pick me up at...
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    St. Petersburg Bus to Tampa Amtrak?

    In a short time I will be traveling to Tampa, and then to ST. Petersburg Fl. For the return though my friend and I are going to use the Amtrak bus, shuttle I was told is similar to the service provided for people going to Las Vegas Neveda which I have used before. Has anyone used this service...
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    St. Petersburg FL to Tampa station

    I need to put a friend on the train from ST. Petersburg Fl to Tampa forida. Is this a bus connection and where can I find decent schedules for all of Amtrak trains. Thank you
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    Connecting from train 92 at Washington DC and New York

    l have taken the trains between DC and Kissimmee for years. l would take the late train leaving Kissimmee around 7:15pm and still was in time to arrive in DC to make the Capitol Ltd connection back to Chicago. l have a ticket on 92 but we get in at 3:04. Is this train making all the stops...
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    Same Day Ticket required for lounge access with AGR SE card?

    l received my new Guest rewards Select Executive card. l noticed that Lounge access is for days l am traveling only as it says “Same day ticket is required” Before it said access to the lounge at anytime. Did they find too many people using it on off days of no travel?
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    Tampa Amtrak bus to Orlando?

    Has anyone used the Amtrak thruway bus service from Tampa to Orlando Fl? l want to catch the afternoon train at Orlando to had back to NYP, rather than take the later train from Orlando at night. is the bus more like a Greyhound with a toilet on it?
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    Amtrak Dinning

    I am going out in late October on the Capitol and Silver Meteor. I unfortunately see that it still is that horrible microwavable food. Am I correct or have they brought back real food as I call it... Thanks.
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    Regional and are the food courts open at Penn Station?

    I am taking the Regional from DC to Penn Station for the Lake Shore LTD. This way I do not have to layover another day at DC waiting for the Capitol to go home to Chicago. Are the food court places open at Penn Station, so I can grab something than Amtrak slime as one poster said in another...
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    Is Amtrak calling sleeping car passengers for meal choice?

    I am taking a sleeper very soon in September, and have read that some passengers were called by Amtrak for meal selections. Are they still doing this or is whatever they have on board for the sleeping car passengers?
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    Bedroom booked, what can I expect??

    Okay I have traveled many times in sleepers before Covid, but traveling in September to Florida ...... Is the coffee being made during the morning in the sleeper cars??? If not will they sell me cups of coffee from the snack bar car?? Has anyone traveled and what is open restaurant open in the...
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    Washington DC Union Station

    I have been meaning to post this years before Covid came to the United States. I have traveled Amtrak often for many years, when Union Station DC was extremely busy with office workers and Amtrak passengers filled the food courts and the shops. The last few years I see not as many people using...
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    Instead of Cascade to Vancouver BC ?

    Okay we are taking the Empire Builder to Seattle from Chicago. My g/f wants to take the ferry from Seattle to Vancouver BC. Has anyone taken this route before and we would have a small service dog with us? Is it hard to reach the ferry dock from the Amtrak station in Seattle???
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    Going into Pennsylvania station instead of DC

    I usually transfer at Washington DC to go back to Chicago. This time I am going to NYC to catch the Lake Shore Limited back to Chicago. I have not been in Pennsylvania station in a long time, so how good are the restaurants in the station. I am not looking to leave the station as I have been...
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    Thinking of taking the Pennsylvanian to ride thru the curve

    I am heading to the TCA train show in York Pa and thinking of taking from Chicago the Capitol and then transferring to the Pennsylvanian to ride thru Horseshoe Curve. One is it worth going thru the curve on the train as I have been there several times by car. Also on the return trip I see the...
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    Texas Eagle Joliet station

    A friend is thinking of leaving from Joliet on the Texas Eagle. Is the Amtrak area in the old station? Also if the Texas Eagle comes in late, and I mean really late who helps get the luggage from the Baggage car, if Amtrak people have left.
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    Kingman Az sleeper loading location at station when going east

    My friend and are in the sleeper 430 but when the train pulls into the kingman station where on that long platform should we be standing? She has very bad knees so I want to be in the right spot before train arrives. Thanks for any info you can give me.
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