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DH and I are traveling home from vacation on the CZ today. We boarded this train in Emeryville on Tuesday, 6/21. It was supposed to leave at 9:10am however we were informed when we arrived that it would be at least an 11am departure because it arrived about 11 hours later than expected yesterday...

I have been looking at prices for roomettes on the SWC for September and playing around with booking two roomettes for four people. When I go to book the roomette for the round trip, it shows that the price is $281 but once it totals it at the end the first leg of the trip shows the total of...

We are possibly taking a (round) trip on the SWC in September. We normally leave from the Toledo station to go to Chicago. Problem is that when we arrive back in Chicago we have a 4 hour or more wait to catch the LSL or CL back to Toledo which gets us in near midnight or after. I'm wondering...

Sunday, Sept 26 - Time to head home. My aunt and uncle dropped us off at Los Angeles Union Station. I went to print our tickets at the kiosk to board the Coast Starlight. This part of the trip was actually booked separately as it was an AGR reward. I got in line to check our luggage while Bob...

We booked our three week vacation last February and finally the day arrived for our long awaited trip. We left our house on Sept 11 at 4:45 am and arrived at the Toledo Amtrak station by 5:30 am. Since the long term parking is unavailable at this time, our son dropped us off. The lady behind...

My husband and I will be taking our second LD train trip in a few weeks. As we will be gone for 3 weeks, I am considering purchasing either a netbook or IPOD TOUCH to take with me to check my email and look for restaurants and search mapquest and such. I am trying to decide which to purchase...

My husband and I each received a survey in the mail today from Amtrak regarding our recent trip. We went from Toledo to Washington DC and back to Toledo on the CL. They specifically only mention the segment from DC to Toledo. I have not read anything on this forum about receiving surveys. Is...

We are looking forward to a LD trip in September on CZ,CS AND EB but with the special of triple points for AGR in May, I decided to surprise my husband for his birthday and booked the CL to WAS on May 19. Since we are still fairly new to riding Amtrak and have only taken one other trip, I have...

After our first LD trip on the SWC two years ago, with no major delays or problems, hubby and I are taking a 15 trip on the CZ, CS and EB in mid-Sept leaving from CHI. I have all the reservations made for rental car and motels during our stop offs, my biggest worry is that the CZ may be late...

My husband and I are planning a two week trip leaving from Chicago in September. We'll be renting a car once in California to see Yosemite and then family near LA, or see the family first then go to Yosemite. We want to take the EB and CS and also the CZ. Considering sunrise and sunset, which...

My husband and I took our first Amtrak trip 2 years ago on the Southwest Chief. We are hoping to plan a trip on the EB, CS and CZ this September leaving from and returning to Chicago, and I have close to 20,000 AGR points. We had a roomette before but really want to treat ourselves to a...

My hubby Bob and I had been anxiously awaiting our first long distance train trip for weeks. We drove to the Toledo station two weeks before to pick up the tickets and ask questions. The ticket agent behind the counter was very nice and helpful. She told us to arrive 1/2 hour before our...

My husband and I are looking forward to our first cross country trip on Amtrak in mid May. We had planned this trip with our three sons and my husband's sister's family back in 1999 and then had to cancel as my father-in law had a stroke before we left. We are finally able to make the trip but...