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The sleeper price went down 30% a few days before my trip two weeks ago on the Zephyr. I cancelled, rebooked, and saved $100.00.

Dear Nervous, 1-800-usa-rail will get you Amtrak's automated line. You interrupt the computer voice and say "train status". By answering a series of questions about the train whose arrival time concerns you, you will be told the approximate arrival time. Head for the station a bit ahead of the...

I was on the Zephyr early Thursday morning when we stopped two hours to wait for a broken rail to be repaired West of Salt Lake.

The agents at GBB, MTZ, ABQ, and KCY I have dealt with are terrific! Bradkansas

Pismobum, You've got me rethinking my tipping attitude toward sleeper attendants. I never thought of him/er as a full salaried, benefited, great retirement packaged, employee. I've thought of them the same as h/motel room cleaners (whom I occassisonally tip) clearly they're not. I wonder if we...

Batt51, A minimum of 1000 transactions/night? Yipes!!! $250.00 a shift and they don't split as do the waiters. Darn , that's good money for being bored all day. I may not recall correctly, but if the lounge is open from 0700 to 2300 with an hour break for each meal, plus several other breaks...

Most of the lounge car snack counter attendants in my experience act as if they'd rather be somewhere else and I can't say I blame them. But often they don't bother to give friendly service, just hand you what you ordered, that is when they bother to open the snack bar. Some of them take lots...

I wholeheartedly agree with AlanB's advice against duffel bags. The last time I carried one aboard a train was in 1958 and i'll never do that again. He's correct, rolling suitcases or at least rolling back packs stashed in the luggage compartment above the seats. Each also with a small bag for...

Bill, Thanks for trying to help jog my memory, but there were many trips to Nashville and only a few to Florida. I remember an amalgam of sights, sounds, and smells experienced as a little kid - all wonderful then and to recall now. I remember steam, streamliners, Flyer, Flagler, Pullman, etc...

Your ride, if the train is on time (don't count on it), is only about thirty hours. I assume if you wanted to spend as much as they want for a sleeper you would have done so. Even with the meals provided with sleeper passage it still averages out to a whole lot of dinero that could otherwise be...

I just called AT to make sure my unpaid reservation is still in the system for my Feb 3 trip to MTZ. When asked about the cost of upgrades she said, for example, the discounted price for a sleeper costing $175 would be $50 and they ar ecurrently calling those with January reservations on the Z...

the reader having to scroll back and forth. I find it really annoying and visually unsettling. I tend to avoid long posts such as my recent post because I almost feel queezy (sp?) from the visual herky-jerky. I can't imagine I'm the only one bothered by this. Oh poor me! Bradkansas

The first trip I recall was from Chicago to either Nashville or Jacksonville sometime during WWII. I have verbal and visual memory. Thus, I was probably five or six yrs. old. I remember walking down the platform passing huge beautiful stainless steel cars, many trains arriving and leaving at the...

I checked with "Agent" three days ago regarding the on-train discounts. She told me it is completely up to the conductor. However, when I tried to upgrade last Spring on the Zephyr the conductor told me it was Amtrack policy to offer only 20%. Does anyone know for sure? Brad