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Do we know what the consist is going to look like? Last years was very impressive.

This may be true, I have never been on the Cali Cars, just Am-Fleet I and II, and Superliner's. I know the PPC had them at the lounge seats and even the great dome had a couple (not at every seat).

Yes. And even in the dining cars and SSL's.

I was on the CL on Friday and there were 2 coaches in the rear (one normal, one baggage coach), SSL, CCC, then sleepers up front. No transitional dorm or baggage. They have to use a transitional dorm when they deadheaded the great dome because of risk of damage to the diaphragms (vestibule...

Check out https://www.amtrak.com/trails-rails-heritage-appreciation-during-your-train-ridewhere you can see the routes and locations on each route that the programs are offered. There is a 2016 schedule in PDF format that you can view just above the train table. I am sure that the schedule will...

The Best Western in Pioneer Square is within walking distance to the King St. Station and Pikes Place and pretty much everything else. They had a great breakfast and I want to say it was about $120/night. I signed up for their rewards program and got a free upgrade to a room with a view, which...

I have an iPhone and when I search my reservations, sometimes they are automatically added to the home page of the app and sometimes not. I have a trip from NHV to WAS and that isn't showing on my app, but my return trip and a short excursion on the Cap Ltd is right there when I open the app...

When I was in Sacramento for the morning, we met a friend in Old Sac, was supposed to just be a short breakfast, but it turned into one of the most memorable "bonus" days of the trip (we spent about 3 hours there). Old Sac is really beautiful and even if you don't make it into the actual museum...

This may seem like a silly question, but why would they only do one round trip per day? Won't the equipment and crew just be sitting around most of the day? Unless the engineer and conductors plan to ski too! But seriously, I would hate to have to wake up to be at the station for 7am, They...

So you're going to want to use www.biketrain.net to search for the best fares. Be aware that the price of bedrooms/roomettes is the upgrade price from coach. If you do the USA Rail Pass, the price on biketrain is the additional you will pay for a roomette. (For example, if coach is $50, and a...

First off, the Lake Shore Limited is probably a more expensive train to take. If you leave from DC, you will have to take regional to NYP and then wait for the LSL.... seems like a waste of time and added expense. Secondly, If you are going to be getting sleeping accommodations and there is...

I have the Pacsafe (http://www.pacsafe.com/bags/backpacks.html) I got before my trip cross country last April. It is an anti-theft backpack, really cool features that takes away a lot of worries. I used it in NYC the other week and plan on bringing it to DC next month. They have different sizes...

I have never had to show my ID for any Amtrak trip... New Haven, Springfield, MA, Seattle, Portland OR, NY Penn... Never once have they asked for my ID, even in sleeper class (and the Chicago first class lounge for that matter). A ticket was always enough to get by.

I would imagine, this is a complete guess, that because they offer a different travel experience for sleeping car passengers on the CS, they probably added the 2nd diner to replace the PPC to still provide the sleeping car only menu and wine tasting. I would guess that they will not let people...

Our CZ arrived in Denver probably an hour late and it took almost 30 mins to board and the first thing our SCA did was hand us a coupon to show the dining car we just boarded.... Dining car staff was so busy they didn't seem to care about the slip of paper and were just seating people as they...

This one comes with plenty of terms and conditions, but if two people book the Downeaster from BON to BRK (3 h, 20m) and use the buy one get one promotion, per person cost is $14.50... while more expensive it is still more than 3x the time on the train and 110 more track miles.

Food in the dining car is excellent. All of it seems to be made to order (my steaks were always cooked perfectly) and occasionally they run out of menu items, which tells me they don't keep large stock of food on the train. The cafe car on the other hand is a little out of control. The prices...

"Taking photographs of things that are plainly visible from public spaces is a constitutional right – and that includes federal buildings, transportation facilities, and police and other government officials carrying out their duties. " From ACLU.org Basically, if anyone is in a public place (a...

But wont it all be clean coal?

http://www.railpictures.net/ has about 6-10 from photographers who were out on both days. You need to filter by Railroad (Amtrak) and then I select "Show" and choose 180 so I can get the maximum amount of Amtrak in my face at one time. As of now, the first photo is about 10-15 from the top...