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In less than a week, my daughter and I are traveling from Baltimore (BAL) to Chicago (CHI) on the Cardinal in a roomette; after spending one night in Chicago we are traveling to Emeryville (EMY) on the California Zephyr in a bedroom. We'll fly back from San Francisco to Baltimore. We'll be...

I just received an email announcing "Amtrak Share Fares". The more companions one has, the cheaper the ticket: Passenger 1 – full price Passenger 2 – 15% off full price Passenger 3 – 60% off full price Passenger 4 – 70% off full price So, if I'm reading this correctly, two traveling...

The practice went at least into the early 1980s, when I took trains from home in Baltimore to Boston for college. Thanksgiving trains were regularly standing-room-only. It frankly turned me off trains for years.

The Washington Post has an article on boarding concerns on Amtrak -- why is it so hodgepodge and at Washington Union Station (WAS) and New York Pennsylvania Station (NYP) non-sensical?  I haven't been on many other railroads around the world, but I've wondered about the boarding policies on...

Thanks again.  We'll spend one overnight in Chicago before heading out on the California Zephyr.  I'd rather not take a chance on the Cardinal being late and missing the Zephyr. Final (?) questions:  On the Cardinal, I was assigned Roomette 1 (car 5100), and on the Zephyr, I was assigned...

Thanks all for the advice.  I just used points for us to travel in a Roomette from BAL to CHI on the Cardinal, and a Bedroom from CHI to EMY on the Zephyr.  It was hard for me to think about the windows-on-two-sides advantage of the Family Bedroom (FB) versus the larger-window advantage of the...

On the Zephyr, is there a "bad" side?  For the Bedroom, I know I won't know until we board if the Bedrooms are on the left or right side of the train, but is there a scenery-related reason that one might wish to have windows on two sides? And which sleeper room has more room for two people...

Thanks for all the suggestions.  I'm leaning toward (at least) taking the California Zephyr eastbound from CHI to EMY.  Our experience on the Capitol Limited earlier this year after the imposition of "carryout" has turned us off that train.  Maybe we'd take the Cardinal, but I'm not sure this...

I am planning to take a trip with my (will-be) 13-year-old daughter from the east coast to the west coast in June 2019.  I’d like to include Seattle (SEA) and the Bay Area.  I’m trying to decide on taking the train out, and then flying back, or flying out to the west coast and then taking the...

But wait, there's more! The Patriot-News reported the latest on the plans on March 15, 2018. There is a link to the Master Plan. The Plan links to a nice visual Executive Summary.

In a couple of weeks, I'm going to be taking the overnight Northeast Regional to Boston (BOS), arriving early Saturday morning and leaving on the overnight that same Saturday back to Pennsylvania. Is there a cheap place in the area to freshen up when I arrive? Ideally I'd like to take a...

Article from The (Harrisburg, PA) Patriot-News about planned improvements at the Harrisburg (HAR) station. At least at the time of this posting, included is a short video of comments by Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf and Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse, and footage of the interior of HAR. Also...

This is just one reason I love Amtrak Unlimited. I learned something new and cool today, about something I didn't even know existed!

My bonus was only 16,000 points (years ago), but I agree. My AGR MasterCard is the MasterCard I use most often, and it is an incredible deal to get points for literally free, with no annual fee. I hope the new card is also free.

According to the AGR Insider on FlyerTalk: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amtrak-guest-rewards/1700885-new-amtrak-guest-rewards-mastercard-arriving-fall-2015-a.html

I wonder when Amtrak knew of these changes to the mode of travel (from train shuttle to bus shuttle). I purchased a ticket on July 21, 2015 for travel from Hartford to Harrisburg on a Friday in mid-August (starting with train 493). How could Amtrak not know there would be a bustitution by the...

Thank you for posting that video. As one who has never taken the Auto Train (I hope to one day), it was nice to see the handing off procedure, as well as what my car would "see".

When my daughter turned three and I had to pay for her ticket, I signed her up online, without indicating a birthdate (it wasn't required, at least then), and got the 500 referral points. A few years later I called and got my name added as an authorized user, or whatever the term is.

I was on this train. We finally arrived 12.5 hours late into Washington (WAS). We were told not to get off on Pittsburgh (I was headed to Baltimore). Why were some WAS-connecting passengers advised to get off, and some told to stay on? I assume it is faster to get to WAS from Pittsburgh by...

I have a United Club card, which gives me access to the Clubs Acela. My family and I were in Cambridge for a month last summer 2013 (my wife had a month-long fellowship at Harvard) and I visited the CA about once a week. I never heard a complaining peep from an attendant. I felt like I was...