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The Acela Lounge is also used for First Class/Sleeper passengers. I use it on a regular basis when traveling the Silvers and Cap Limited.

I bring both, just in case. Then again, I am a little paranoid. -Sav

Gingee There is no room for larger bags in the sleeper, you will need to check them. The space above the door won't fit much more than a duffel bag or standard airline roll-aboard. And yes, there is a toilet in your roomette. -Sav

Sandwich, MA.

We always stay pre-cruise at the Embassy Suites on 17th. You will have to cab it from Amtrak, but they do offer a shuttle to the cruise and if you are up early enough, you can watch the ships arrive in port from your room.

What about Chicago and Portland? They get the Metropolitan Lounges. Here is the list: https://amtrakguestrewards.com/faqs/show/privatelounges

If you aren't up for spending the $40 on the cab, exit king street station and walk one block east on Jackson to 5th and catch the light rail to the Airport station. Most airport hotels will offer a free shuttle from the station. It is about a 31 minute ride and costs $2.75. -Sav

I wish I could do the Card again, but I think my wife might kill me! She is not the lover of train travel that I am, and we did that route to Chicago last year. Looks like the Cap Ltd. to the Chief for us!

Sweet. Thanks!

I've looked at the AGR zone map, and I am embarrassed to say that I can't figure out if this is two zones or three. :wacko: From the looks of it, ABQ is "on the border" to me, so that would make it two, right? Thanks! Sav

Okay, here goes my first Trip Report ever. The Wife and I departed WAS on 97, 20 December for a family visit in Florida over the holidays. Took the MARC Penn Line from Bowie State down to Union Station, for what was supposed to be an on-time departure from WAS. We board from the lounge and are...

Looking at the proposed station on Bing, looks like they'd need to add back in a track to come up to the station and a platform, without needing an extended walk out to the main line. Don't know how much that costs vice upgrading the other location, but depending on how much the ADA upgrades...

It makes a lot of sense, actually. Why put good money after bad—the proposed ADA upgrades at Elyria—when those funds could be redirected to a location where better amenties and connections to other transit methods exist? How much difference will it really make to most people? Not much, probably...

Unless a conductor tells you otherwise, it is allowed. I slept in the Sightseer on the Cap Limited once and was never told to move. -Sav

A few answers for you from a veteran 280 rider 1) The Business Class car on 280 is a half business/half lounge with 2/1 leather seating. It's nice, trust me. 2) No seats on Empire service are pre-assigned. 3) The attendant will help you, or there is some floor space towards the rear of the...

For the rental car, I would choose Buffalo. It is literally down the street (~3 miles) from the Buffalo–Niagara Falls airport where you should be able to rent a car and get a relatively inexpensive cab to and fro at any hour. Syracuse really doesn't have the convenient infrastructure to make it...

The cuban place in the hostel is fantastic, I can vouch for that!

I will add to the "before Albany" crowd, good scenery and less crowded before the BOS section joins in the fun. Wife and I had a table to ourselves with a nice view of the Hudson last time we did the LSL out of NYP.

My first Amtrak trip was in the late fall of 1984 from Ann Arbor. MI to Springfield, IL via Chicago with my family. I remember going through the train, walking back to the snack car, passing old Comiskey Park, and listening to all the stop announcements by the conductors(first time I had ever...

To answer a few of your questions, aside from the seating ones. Sleeping in a coach seat isn't bad. I usually bring a travel pillow and a sleep mask. For me it is similar to sleeping in the car. The windows will have curtains and it will be dark, so the mask for me is more of a personal...