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Take the prior Surfliner to Van Nuys, a mere five miles closer to Seattle, at which point bags can be checked.

It’s not going to be a problem. If the bag’s girth prevents use of the overhead then the lower level car end rack is plenty large. After hundreds of trips I’ve not observed a conductor ever take a related action. If you’re really, really concerned consider detraining at OSD and completing...

I’ve stored bags several dozen times there. Many of those times to go to Philippe’s!

Nice report!

You’re correct! I’ve ridden that a hundred times and can’t figure out what I was thinking when coming up with that. Gotta be distracted and thinking of how many times I’ve explained to people about the difference between north of and south of LA. Of course this post was ONLY about south of...

The Surfliner locomotives pull from Los Angeles and push toward LA. What this means is while selecting a seat, face the locomotive. THEN pick the right side. When leaving San Diego also face the locomotive and then pick the left side.

My bad. Within seconds I checked using the same phone used for my original reply. I was able to get a seat for tomorrow. I apologize for not spending the 45 seconds to check before posting. [emoji19]

Please check a CURRENT timetable. I believe Amtrak stopped serving Carlsbad in late ‘17 or early ‘18. If so, the Coaster will do the job for you.

It took some number of days, but finally someone admitted to catching that. Good catch! Presumably the vast majority of forum players won’t get the joke as they’ve not seen the LA River in person. So here’s a brief explanation by example. Have you seen any movie, car commercial, or anything...

I travel past the yard in Los Angeles quite frequently. Since I’ve grown weary of admiring the natural beauty of the Los Angeles River on the east side of the Surfliner I more typically look at the yard. There hasn’t been a Parlour Car there in many months.

Thanks to both of you. I’ll do what I can to be there to take charge when my elderly mom & step dad arrive. If so, problem solved. If I’m still in The Diego, I’ve gotta talk them through a bunch of stuff. Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum

Although I’ve used SAC a few times, I wouldn’t use Red Cap and therefore don’t recall if the service is provided. Amtrak’s web site was of no help. Is Red Cap available at SAC? Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum

I spent a month one night in Fort Worth. Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum

No doubt I’d do that if the Parlour cars were still rolling. Thanks for the suggestion. Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum

They will be in a bedroom from Chicago to Sacramento. Next day in coach or business on the Coast Starlight to San Luis Obispo. Next day some combo of coach/business and Starlight/Surfliner to the Coaster station nearest my house. Did I call this “elaborate” or something like that in the...

Nice! Thanks to you all. Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum

For this coming June I’ve put my mom & stepdad on train 5 in a rather elaborate scheme of getting to my home in The Diego. My mom has asked how far their room will be from the diner. I gave her a generic answer of “one or two cars away” as I’ve understood some trains have a car 30 and some do...

Yes. Just noticed a second consecutive “soft landing” of my account. Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum

I was acutely aware of that. The comment neglected smileys that would have made the silliness obvious. “Unequipped equipment” is sort of like “present absence” and other fun oxymorons any of us could dream up. Are we all cool? —Bill Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum

Ha! Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum