Recent content by zogburr

No idea as to what happened, but it arrived in Sacramento at 04:14 in the morning, only 4 hrs and 15 minutes late. It left at 5:00 AM about five hrs late. I took the CS #14 to Eugene from Sacramento on June 4th and we got to Eugene about four hrs late, CS #14 has been having a lot of...

So, do men wear hats while eating in the diner car? Passing thru? Just wondering since I will generally be wearing a baseball type of hat on my next trip this week.

Sorry about OBS designation. I meant on board staff. Thanks for your help. So sleeper cars might sometimes be near the front and sometimes near the back, depending on direction?

I am guessing as to how the various cars or ordered on the CS. From front to back: 1) Engines 2) Misc/baggage? 3) Coach cars 4) Lounge car 5) Dining car 6) Pacific Parlor car 7) Sleepers Where is the car for OBS? Where does the conductor hang? Thanks.

Meal will be delivered in a paper bag, I assume. Plates and eating utensils are throwaways. How do coach pax order their to go meals? Thanks for replies.

Yes, yes, I know that I am overly curious. Would like detail as to what actually happens when a sleeper car pax orders food to go from diner car. Can you order yourself or are you required to go thru the SCA? Does SCA have the menu or do you need to get it from diner car? Do SCAs collect...

We have a trip scheduled in early June to take the CS from Sacramento to Albany, Oregon. The other day at the Sacramento Amtrak station I saw about fifty coach passengers boarding the California Zypher that was headed to Chicago. The conductor did no scanning or checking of IDs. He just...

If not in a talkative mood, how do you avoid eye contact with a stranger sitting right across from you? I would much prefer that they allow my wife to sit across the table from me. I know, they don't allow that. It must be a stranger.

To find travel resources, and other things, around stations, go to MapQuest.com and enter the address of the site you are interested. Then, go to top left of map insert and click on the travel icon (plane and auto) and select the car rental option. The site will then provide car rental...

I am new to Amtrak and have just scheduled a trip and researched other possible trips on their website. I think that the site is easy to use, at least for what I was doing. I had to modify my trip and found that to be easily done.

Thanks for the response. Since the Sacramento rail yard is going thru extensive changes, we went over today for a walk thru. The tracks have been moved about 200 yards from the station. They have electric carts to take people to the platform, if need be. The station itself is very old...

I want to thank you guys for your help. Does the diner car offer take-out service at dinner time? You would coordinate with you SCA and s/he would bring it to your room. I think that I have read this somewhere in the forum, but am not sure where it would apply. Otherwise, we would look to...

My wife and I are taking the CS from Sacramento to Albany, Oregon, in early June. It will be our first train ride. We will be traveling coach northward and Superliner Bedroom on way back. At first we reserved a Roomette for northward journey but downgraded to reserved coach seats because...