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My husband has put together a nice little slide show from photos we took while visiting the California State Railroad Museum in Old Sacramento California. To view the slide show, go to our website MAISON-T-BAYOU.COM and select CALIFORNIA from the menu there ~ then select CALIFORNIA STATE...

My husband and I are planning a trip north from Tampa to Washington DC on the Silver Star. We typically book a bedroom when we do overnight trips, but this time, because the trip involves just one night on the train, we've decided to get a roomette. Another deciding factor was that roomettes on...

I have a question for anyone who has had bedroom accomodations on Via Rail from Toronto to Vancouver. Is the storage space for your carry-on located above the toilet door/sink area? I've been looking at the 360 degree photos on the Via website, and there appears to be a space up there ~...

To all the train savy folks who post on this forum.... :help: My husband and I LOVE train travel and are in the process of booking trips one by one on all the routes that Amtrak offers. Our next trip in the USA is New Orleans-Los Angeles-Portland-Seattle in August 2011. Prior to that, we'll...

My husband and I are taking the Sunset Limited next July from New Orleans to Los Angeles. The train is scheduled to arrive in LA at 8:30am. From there, we are booked on the Coast Starlight which is scheduled to depart Los Angeles at 10:15am the same day. I've been reading today on this forum...

I'm planning a trip for next fall from New Orleans to Los Angeles on the Sunset Limited and then on to Portland and eventually Seattle on the Coast Starlight. I see that the Coast Starlight leaves Union Station Los Angeles at 10:15am and arrives in Portland the following day at 3:40pm. I feel...

After having experienced a VERY distressing trip on Amtrak from Penn Station NYC to Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, I felt compelled to send a letter of complaint to Amtrak. If I get any reply from them, I'll post it here. I am writing regarding an assortment of problems that my husband and I...

I just booked Chicago to Seattle on the Empire Builder. We leave Chicago on Wednesday, December 30th and arrive in Seattle on Friday, January 1st, so we will ring in the New Year on the train! :cool: I'am also hoping that we'll see some snow along the way. We were assigned Bedroom 0730B. I...

Over the past several days, I've been busy reading through the various threads on this board trying to get together information and tips for our upcoming trip on the California Zephyr on September 23rd. Due to considerations regarding time, we will fly up to Chicago and take the train from...