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When my hubby and I took our first rail trip on 5/7 out of LAUS, we were in the H-room of car 1431 on Train #14 to SLO. We noticed that none of the bathrooms in our car were accessible restrooms for the other passengers. Is that because our car had an H-room? We couldn't check the restroom...

Sorry for the delay in posting our trip report! I ended up coming down with a virus, which threw me into an MS exacerbation...so I've been too ill to sit up to the computer and type. I will be posting our report by this weekend, but wanted to let you know why you hadn't seen anything yet. I'm...

Hi, Alice! Saw your post here about 'private' cars and was curious - where do I find info about those? Are they available for people to travel in? Thanks for dealing with my newbie questions in advance! :-)

I'm ready to post a Trip Report, but not sure if that shoud be done here or under the Trip Report section on the Main Page. If someone could let me know, that would be great! :-) p.s. it's going to be very lengthy...is that going to be ok also? I tend to write a book! Lol Thanks!

I just got an email from Disney about a special train tour that they're putting on to promote Disney's new movie, "A Christmas Carol" directed by Robert Zemeckis. The event starts on Memorial Day Weekend, May 22-25 at LAUS and then will be traveling to train stations across the country, ending...

We went to the Apple Farm and I have to tell ya: everything was great! My favorite part was the pecan apple cider baked beans and the applekraut that I ordered on the side...yummies! And of course, the COOKIES!!! No one makes cookies like the Apple Farm! We're taking a dozen home with us...

Thanks so much for all of your quick replies, folks! As for the meal, Todd & I did enjoy the food (luckily, Pastrami is a favorite of ours!)...his burger was very tasty and my Pastrami was good, except for that center cold spot! Lol And now we know that we should have used that call button...

Hi all! Well, we took our first Amtrak train ride yesterday on the Coast Starlight...and it was WONDERFUL!!! So many things to write about, but I'm going to save that for Sunday when I have more time to write a lengthy report. Wanted to ask a question for the ride back: Our attendant...

Well, I just finished the end of packing (not much, actually!) for our train trip tomorrow!!! We are both so excited, and are getting up very early to be at the station an hour early for our train ride. Actually, we're about 2 hrs from LAUS, and although our train leaves at 10:15am, we're...

Just wondering...since it's National Train Day, will they have anything special on the trains for passengers to commemorate the day? Special napkins, souveniers? Thanks! :-)

Well...because of the nature of my illness (MS) and my personal concerns about this virus, I talked it over with my family and decided to tell my husband about this trip. Let me just say that as soon as I said we would be going to Union Station next Thursday morning and getting on a...

How would you suggest tipping your attendant if you're dining in an H-room? I'm not sure I can make it to the Dining Car or Parlour Car on the CS to SLO, and I want to make sure I tip our attendant or whoever brings our meals to us appropriately. I was assuming that I would tip him/her the...

Alan, please pardon my newbiness! What does the term 'Trans/Dorm' mean? Thanks! :-)

With all of the attention to the Swine Flu virus, and the CDC and WHO asking for due diligence from all travel agencies, I think Amtrak will be stepping up their maintenance procedures and taking every necessary precaution to protect it's passengers.

I'm always aware of communicable diseases, because of my immune disorder. But this is obviously not just your ordinary flu virus, even though the flu does kill thousands of people each year! It's urgent enough for the CDC to make it an issue, and for WHO to raise the flag and go to a global...