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Well, my son and I thought that our cross country trip last month (CS->EB->SWC) would satisfy us for a while, but we were wrong. It only made us want to book another trip ;) So while we are planning our next big cross country adventure, I booked us a quick turn around on the Coast Starlight...

My son and I are back from our multi-train, cross-country trip. I just wanted to thank you all again for your help in planning. The trip could not have been more perfect :) Train 1, CS LA-> Portland. We had left a day early to give us an extra day in Portland to visit the Oregon Rail...

Well, my cross country trip with my son is getting closer and we are already making changes. My son told me that one of his favorite steam engines (the SP 4449) is at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center so we looked it up and discovered it is only about a mile and a half from our hotel. But as...

My son had some additional questions about our trip next year that I'm hoping you all can help me with. 1) How much snow can we possibly see from the EB in April? Are there any places where snow may still be on the ground near the tracks or will it all be off in the distance? We are from...

Hello everyone, It has been a while since I posted here. Everyone was so helpful before when planning our first trip on the Coast Starlight that I was hoping for some advice again. This time my son and I are doing a round trip, cross-country adventure. We are looking at taking the CS from...

Wow, it has been a long time since I have posted here. But I received so much valuable information before that I hope you don't mind me coming back and asking again :) We are planning our first overnight trip on the CS. We have done LAX to San Jose a few times now but have never done an...

LAX to SJC, Sept 1st Our arrival at Union Station was almost an exact repeat of our trip just one month earlier. Again my husband took the kids to the platforms to check out the trains while I picked up the tickets and then settled into the Traxx lounge with my Mom and the bags. The conductor...

Well, thanks to Amtrak, I am going to have to change my name from TrainFanMom (for my son, the train fan) to just TrainFan ;-) We unfortunately had to cancel a vacation that we had planned for the end of summer so I have replaced it with another trip on the Coast Starlight :lol: We had...

Wow, I can’t thank you all enough for your hints and advice. Our day trip on the Coast Starlight was amazing! We arrived at Union Station at 8:30 am. While my hubby was parking the car, I left my mom and kids with the luggage and went to pick up our tickets. No one was in line so I just...

OK, the more I read this board, the more questions I seem to come up with, LOL. One thing that I would like to try during our upcoming trip on the CS is the wine tasting. Are children allowed to be in the PPC when the event is going on? If they are not allowed at the event, will they be...

Hi All, I have never posted on this site but have been reading for a few weeks in preparation for an upcoming trip. I have ridden Amtrak in the past but just from Los Angeles to San Diego or Santa Barbara (and those trips were over 12 years ago). This upcoming trip will be my first longer...