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Amtrak-p42 When in Los Angeles, I advise using Hostelling International -Los Angeles/Santa Monica. It's safe and super clean and best of all, it's within 2 blocks of the ocean and Santa Monica Pier. They also operate an HI-Travel Centre next door which will arrange local tours to tourist...

If you are a single traveler on a long distance train with sleeper accommodations, when ordering breakfast, are you allowed more than one of the menu selections without extra charge? In other words, if I order French Toast, may I also have Porridge or Corn Flakes without an extra charge? I can...

Check out the Hostelling International Chicago, located downtown in the South Loop at 24 East Congress Parkway, less than 3 blocks away from the famous Chicago Art Institute on Michigan Avenue. I'm a senior traveler from Canada and I've stayed there on three different occasions before rail...

Retired teacher, did the 30-day NARPass, in April, 2002 from Toronto at age 59. I have a detailed, notated itinerary which may be of interest to you, but of course, it tilts to my interests in American history, architecture and barbeque. The route I followed included at least one overnight in...

I didn't feel any alarm about the station area's safety and anyway the people that would do you harm don't get up that early anyway. You should have time to have a great breakfast at the Arcade Restaurant which is down the steps and across the street from the railway station. When you finish...

I was in Los Angeles in April and took in a 2-hour+ Saturday morning tour of the Union Station and the $300 million Gateway Transit Center complex put on by the "Los Angeles Conservancy." About 25 people were divided up into two groups and mine was ably led by local media personality, Tony...

I'm really enjoying these posts on early train remembrances. I'm 59, and my earliest memory of train travel was through the eyes of a then seven year old boy walking across the concourse of Toronto Union Station with my mother to stow our "Grips" at the baggage counter. I still remember how...

If you want a central location, a block from the Harold Washington Library and the Chicago Art Institute on Michigan Ave., try Hostelling International's, Harris Family Hostel at 24 E. Congress Ave...For US$28 you get a dorm style room. Check out their virtual tour on their web site...