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Thanks for the recommendations! I'll mention to them about flying into Portland and then taking the train to Pasco. Though they might find it just easier to fly into Walla Walla directly because it avoids connecting modes of transportation in Portland and then a bus ride to Walla Walla. (I live...

I live in Walla Walla, WA. My Dad and Brother in NYC wants to come visit me next April during Spring Break. They're interested in taking the train, but based on time constraints, they can only take the train in 1 direction (most likely to Pasco) and will fly the other. My questions: 1 -...

Reminds me of my time boarding the sleeper car of the LSL at SPG. The station exits onto the platform by the rear of the train. All passengers were herded to the front of the train to board. There I was told to walk to the back of the train to board the sleeper car. At the rear I was told...

I think people should be more forgiving of new riders, there's a lot of nuance in trains, and I say this as a relatively new rider myself. Missing a quiet car sign or not realizing that you can't keep bags at your feet (like on a plane) isn't a huge deal. The first time I took a train arriving...

I think the problem here isn't so much whose fault it is, but how the general public views it. Whether or not Amtrak or California or someone else was responsible, Amtrak is the public face, and they'll take the backlash from customers. You only get 1 chance to make a first impression and if...

I guess I'm in the minority. My first sleeper car experience was sufficiently bad to put me off ever using it again, even on an overnight trip. I had bad customer service from both the sleeper car attendant and the dining car to the point where I didn't tip either of them. On a related note...

I'm curious if you can save money buying an Amtrak ticket in stages. When I lived in Britain, there was a trick that if you bought individual sections the price could come down. For instance, if a London-Glasgow train passed through Crewe, then buying 1 London-Crewe ticket + 1 Crewe-Glasgow...

Oh, so that's what it's called! I might be in the minority, but I found the sound of the board at Newark Penn Station to be very reassuring for some reason.

For the 1.5-2 hour layover at Albany, the LSL parks at the station for 10 minutes, then moves down the track so it's out of the way, but inaccessible. So people can either sit on the train for 90 minutes without being able to get off, or they can stay in the station for 90 minutes without being...

Does anyone know why there's so much padding on the WB LSL out of Boston? The Boston branch is already scheduled to arrive in ALB 1 hour before the New York branch, plus there's another 1 hour of padding between PIT and ALB. So it can potentially get to ALB 2 hours before the New York branch.