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    Fullerton Long Term Parking

    I am hearing/seeing a lot of answers on this one, but nothing concrete pun intended. We are doing a cruise in April and will be taking the train the night before from Fullerton to San Diego Santa Fe Station so I will be gone for 8 nights total.  Any suggestions on parking in Fullerton for that...
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    San Diego Question

    I am taking the Pacific Surfliner to San Diego in April for a cruise. I may give myself a couple of arrivals cushion should one crater on me and to grab a decent breakfast rather than the snack bar on the train. Is there a place they can hold my luggage for a few hours?
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    Hallmark Channel's The Christmas Train

    Did anyone see this? I was excited to see stock footage of actual Amtrak cars and the conductor wearing an Amtrak hat until they stepped into the cars. WOW! Has Amtrak gotten fancy since I last rode or is that Hollywood Magic again. Bedrooms big enough to have a desk. Old style roomettes...
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    LAX Baggage Service Question

    I just received an email form my Wednesday train trip to San Diego that there is no baggage service available that day. Why might that be?
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    Empire Builder Turn-Around Trip at Seattle

    Thinking of doing a late spring early summer turn around trip on #7/8 CHI-Seattle-CHI. I see 7 gets in around 10 AM and 8 leaves around 4 PM. Is it safe to do an arrival departure the same day or should I overnight?
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    CZ #6 Question

    Continuing my bucket list of every Amtrak route from end to end in numerical (or close to) order, I am planing on leaving EMY-CHI on 18 January arriving 20 January about 2:15 PM. I should have my head examined for crossing the rockies in January, but do you think I could make an 8 PM flight...
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    Poor diner organization on CZ

    Not sure who to write to about this but... We took CZ5 on 6 June from CHI - EMY and was just about 100% full. Every sleeper and just about every coach seat was taken. We had a 7:30 dinner reservation and did not get seated until 8:30 the first night, the first breakfast and lunch was first...
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    2-3-4 Rule for tips.

    After planning on the suggested 2-3-4 Rule I was advised in another thread $2 for breakfast $3 for lunch $4 for dinner and planning and budgeting for that, I still feel cheap. A lot of people posted that this is the norm now days on the dinner.
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    E-Ticket Question

    Couple of questions I should have asked weeks ago and not wait until 11 hours before my train leaves: 1) Can we still check in with a human at the ticket windows? 2) I have the E-Ticket print out. In the past I've had to hold on to my ticket stub for proof I am in a sleeper for meals. Do I...
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    Tornados and SWC4 and CZ5

    I am leaving from LAX on SWC 4 to CHI Monday 3 June and then leave CHI on 6 June for EMY on the CZ5. I am getting concerned. Should I be.
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    Shampoo Question

    I know soap and shower linens are provided so I was going to pick up some travel size Garnier Shampoo. Since they have to use special toilet paper, will this stuff screw up the plumbing? Do I need to go to a marine store and get some special shampoo?
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    Is this doable?

    I am wanting to take CZ6 from EMY-CHI Labor Day Weekend. The problem is I live in Los Angeles. I do have flight benefits that I can fly to SFO and spend the night in EMY but found this routing: 30Aug 785 Pacific Surfliner dep LAX 7:10 PM arr SBA 9:45 PM 30 Aug 485 Bus dep SBA 9:55 PM arr 31...
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    Train sounds

    Someone on another thread posted the question about jointed rails which makes me wonder, are there still any routes you can hear the traditional train sounds: Wheels clicking, grade crossings dinging, horn blowing, from inside the train. My last three trips SSL 1 and 2 and SWC 3 I barely heard...
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    Meal times and Meals on SWC4 and CZ5

    We leave next week in a sleeper from LAX-CHI and then CHI-EMY My questions are: SWC4: What meals do we get the entire length, most are obvious but do we get D out of LAX and L into CHI? What are the meal times including the above mentioned D and L? CZ5 Again, most are obvious but do we get...
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    Tipping Question

    After reading the threads on here it seems my 20% in restaurants may be too heavy for the train. What if I did a 2-3-4 rule that is $2 for breakfast $3 for lunch and $4 for dinner. Now I wonder if that is too light.
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    Announcements and Music in roomettes

    I have forgotten since l last rode a LD train, and then again it was not a pleasent trip in a Transdorm, but I leave in about a week for SWC4 and CZ5. The channel selectors, can you hear the announcements in your roomette or switch to a channel to have piped in music?
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    Baggage Safety/Security on LD Trains (SWC4 and CZ5)

    We are leaving for four nights on the train, SWC4 LAX-CHI and then CZ5 CHI-EMY plus one night in Chicago and two nights in San Francisco. Normally I travel solo and only two nights but this time there will be two of us. I am thinking of us taking like a school back pack for "room stuff" and...
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    Best published railroad map

    I want to take a railroad map along with me on my trip. Can anyone recommend a good national rail map or is it broken up by region. If the latter can someone recommend a good map for Southwest Chief and California Zephyr?
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    Dome car on CZ

    We will be on CZ5 from CHI - EMY on 6 June. Any chance this occasionally seen dome car might make an apperance on that route?
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    Shower room pigs

    On one of my trips we apparently had a shower room pig the left the room a sloppy mess and used bars of soap everywhere. :angry2: Has this happened to anyone else.
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