Recent content by lathamary

We've taken a couple trips on Amtrak so far. We take the Empire Builder from Fargo, ND to Williston, ND. The first time we travelled, we had normal coach reservations, but the boarding assistant (is that what they're called?) put us in the lower level seating - we didn't know why. But we really...

Ahhhhh! Didn't think of that either :P

I didn't know that about the stations not having baggage check. Thanks for the info :) That explains a lot! Over 100 people got on at Minot, though, on the way back and that is where the train got overfull. Many of those people came on with big bags, and I would think that Minot had baggage...

Here is a little info and some pictures of our trip: http://grantandlatha.hopto.org/Latha/traintrip.html

I registered now :) Thank you everyone for all your opinions and tips! I really appreciate it!