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Just wanted to confirm that the staff at this station will let you leave your carry on bags in a locked area while you go out for dinner in downtown Pittsburgh if you are there transferring from the Pennsylvanian to the Capitol Limited. (I was going to go to Morton's but they closed super early...

Yes, it's 8 to 8, allegedly.

Does AGR not pick up the phone after 7 PM? Two nights in a row I called in around 7:15 PM, was on hold the entire time without a wait time estimate, and then hung up on around 8 after getting a message that AGR is now closed. I am Select Plus, by the way, and calling in on the fancy Select Plus...

Thanks for the replies, everyone, especially since I asked my question in a thread in the wrong forum for general travel-related questions. My plan is to go LAX --> MRC, scheduled for a 6:30 AM arrival, so there should be no issues related to a middle of the night arrival. Actually at this...

Bumping this thread because I am not sure my question deserves a new thread but it does relate to the thread topic: has anyone been on the shuttle that takes you from Maricopa to Phoenix and vice versa? It appears to be Amtrak Thruways 8601 and 8602, operated by Stagecoach Express. I'm sure it's...

Oh I love Pittsburgh, have stayed at the William Penn for a couple of conferences and have enjoyed that hotel and the general downtown area, and the free light rail (I think) to the casino.

Bumping this thread as I may do the PHL --> PGH --> CHI --> LAX trip in the near future. Two questions about the current state of this station: 1. If I do decide to wander into Pittsburgh during my layover (I actually love the William Penn Omni mentioned a post above) does this station have a...

Huh there is a Stop and Shop a few blocks away but Google maps does not make the area look particularly pedestrian friendly, and an 8 minute walk at night (per Google maps) through unfamiliar territory seems a bit too risky to me (if the train even gets there on time since the Stop and Shop...

Taking the Empire Builder for the first time Friday...is there a stop like Albuquerque with the Southwest Chief? Meaning is there a very long stop with a conveniently located grocery store a block from the station where you can run to and pick up snacks and wine? I am guessing Albuquerque is...

I put "switching from roomette to coach on the same trip" in the search box and this thread was the top result and it actually answers my question! See, I want to go from LAX to NOL but there are no rooms from LAX to NOL on the Sunset on the day I want to go. There is a room from LAX to SAS on...

My experience is the upper bunk on the Superliners only latches at the fully closed or open positions. There is a middle position between fully closed and fully extended but it does not latch there, it just rests there; if you leave it there the bunk bangs up and down over your head every time...

I think it's wide enough to sit it there but the bike would be too big to safely latch the top bunk. But like I said I don't think there's much danger in keeping it in the luggage space downstairs.

I should add, if anyone stumbles across this thread in a search for Amtrak and folding bikes, that I have successfully stored a folding bike in the top bunk of a Viewliner, but I don't think it will fit in a Superliner top bunk since they fold up at an angle, unlike the Viewliner upper bunk...

Sleeper. Oh it would be fine in the downstairs rack, but carrying the bike around means checking something else, unless I can pack light for the first time in my life.

Yeah I need something a little more definite than "maybe I can talk an Amtrak employee into letting me get my expensive folding bike out of the baggage car." (Folding bike in its specialized case, for the record. I thought about "well maybe I can go without checked luggage" but it is so much...

Thank you. This is harshing an otherwise issue-free trip I'm planning--PDX to SNS after my conference ends on a Friday, but I will be travelling with checked luggage. What a pain in the tuchus. I'll have to disembark in San Jose (only an hour away) and find a car for the rest of the way. I do...

Does this mean: --I will not be allowed to check a bag there if my arrival is a Saturday or Sunday Or: --I will be allowed to check a bag there but I won't be able to access it until they open on Monday Curious if anyone has any experience with this station. It's, ummm, not great for the...

"retirees or others with a lot of time to spare" --> Now I don't have a lot of time to spare, but I do work entirely online, which means the slowness of train travel does not mean I am losing work days to my trip. It does mean I am less effective at work than usual due to the annoying gaps in...

Isn't it possible to change your trip date to a time far enough in the future that it's within the 100% refund window, and then cancel it for a full refund? Feel like I successfully did this a few months ago while dithering back and forth over a trip. Speaking of dithering over a trip, I have a...

I prefer to not have the obligation to interact with strangers while I eat. I want to be able to read a book or just stare out the window. Also there's times I just want to keep working (remote worker, I always work on LD trains) though in practice I may not get a lot done after two Tanquerays...