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my sca said something about it being a problem to cleanup before they got to emeryville, so they opted not to do dinner. I was surprised too. I was stuck on the eb once when it was ten hours late, and they made sure we got fed and all.

We're still running over five hours late, and the diner just announced they're not serving dinner. I was talking to a fellow going to emeryville and he won't arrive till around 9pm. I don't understand why they're letting passengers go hungry, especially after all the problems on this trip.

They didn't make us stay on board, but my knee was acting up, so I coukdn't stand on it outside for long (the benches were full). Not sure what our new engine is. I didnt see it, and it wasn't announced. We were sitting at the platform in Denver Station. I think we pulled out just before 1:30

We're about five hours late now. They say we might be moving at 1pm. Our engine threw sparks when we backed up, so they bad ordered it here, rather than try to take it into the rockies. However, there's been a big mess getting the new engine to our train. Edit: Air! we have air and power! It...

"Thinking back a few decades, I don't recall really young infants being a problem for me sleeping in coach. Some older ones, rarely." NW Cannonball - I would imagine that's due to the motion. Every baby I've ever met who didn't want to settle would be stone cold asleep after a nice quiet car...

I made this trip recently and yes, they had a business class section for us sleepers. If you showed your sleeper boarding pass at the cafe you go a free sandwich, chips, and drink.... Do that as soon as the cafe opens, even if you aren't hungry right then. They ran out of sandwiches after maybe...

Someone suggested it earlier, but... Please don't bring tuna or smoked oysters, or anything else that has a strong smell. Please think about how other people in your train car feel having to smell them. Those odors can really linger in a train car, and on some trains the seats are assigned, so...

If I'm travelling with someone and we each want a roomette, I find my fares online, but then call to book, so I can specify that I want adjacent roomettes. It's worked so far.

You've probably already booked, and maybe others know this... When I was booking my current trip, I had amtrak's site open and was looking right at the seats I wanted, but I decided to call to reserve. The woman on the phone had a heck of a time trying to find the low bucket fare I had found...

I'm 32 years old, part Irish, Scottish, and German. I'm a short, fat, freckled ginger (Lawful heart! Her hair is as red as carrots!), living in pdx, and my secret identity is being an office manager (So far nobody suspects a thing!). I've been here 2 years now; I'm a Massachusetts transplant. I...

Kami is my real nickname! Short for Katherine :)

Same here, I like to tip in advance. Shortly before I detrain I usually tip $10 per day baseline for average/decent service. I'll tip more if the SCA is really awesome. For meals I tip the server 2/3/5 - $2 for breakfast, $3 for lunch, $5 for dinner. It usually works out to about 20% of the...