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Well, the trip went well. I upgraded to a sleeper after the crew change in Washington. I finally got situated sometime after midnight. This was my first long distance trip and was pretty excited. I used the top bunk in room 11. The strangest thing was that I imagined the ride to be...

Thanks all! I can't wait. I've printed out the must see's. Time to head home and get my stuff together!

I'm heading down to KIS on Monday on the Silver Meteor from BAL. What are the highpoints of this trip?

Hmmm... The cheapest I've seen for the sleeper was like $150, so my guess is that is the D bucket. The next fare I saw was like $193, so, we'll call that C. From that, if available, an on-board sleeper would be half of $193? Not too unreasonable... So, if push comes to shove and nothing is...

What is the "C Bucket"?

If I were to buy a coach seat BAL to KIS, how likely, and more importantly, how much would it be to buy a standard sleeper on the train? I've priced it on Amtrak and they quote $72 for the rail fare, and $239 for the accomodation. I've seen other dates as low as $155 for the accomodation. I'd...