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Not keeping track of the time today - Departed Oxnard nearly on time, if not on time. The car attendant was waiting for us on the platform, in the rain "are you the Wallace family?" he greeted us as we walked up. Turns out he had also made lunch reservations for us. We were called to lunch just...

Well, we went down to the train station today to catch our train to Seattle and the train has been cancelled from Sacramento on. They said that it was due to severe weather including flooding, white outs and ice. We are bummed but I guess you can't help what Mother Nature does. We have...

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12/19/2003 9:10 am stiiting in King Street Station waiting to board. they are doing some remodeling to increase the size of the waiting area. It looks as if the remodel includes some of the restoration work that is going on here. we have pictures and will post them as soon as we figure out how...

Are you able to set up the child beds independently of the adult beds? It would be nice to be able to keep the seating and then have the child bed set up. Thanks, Diane

We are riding the Coast Starlight from Seattle to Oxnard, our trip starts the 19th. My husband works for a major cellular telephone company and we will be informally checking out some internet hardware. Specifically we will be taking a lap top and we will be using an aircard to provide interent...

I just got a flyer in the mail from the Pacific Science Center in Seattle and I thought I'd share... They are having their: 30th Annual Model Railroading Show November 28-30th Here's what the flyer says about it. Make the Annual Model Railroad Show at Pacific Science Center part of your...

:D So, I already have my tickets for travel between Seattle and Oxnard, CA, and back in a family sleeper, on the CS and I was wondering... Does anybody know if Amtrak does anything special on the train to celebrate the New Year? Like music, party favors, count down, you know something like...

:D When I left to get on the train I was excited. We were running late and we thought we were going to miss our train but we didn’t. We were traveling to Oxnard, CA from Seattle, WA. That’s 2 days on the train. My daddy got to see our sleeper car. Our train attendant, Jaime, let him on. My...

Hi All, I just bought a portable DVD player and I plan on taking it on the train for an upcoming trip. My husband gave me a surge protector to take a long, just to be on the safe side. We are going to be on the Coast Starlight in a standard sleeper. Here's my question... Are the the outlets 3...