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Maineiac - I drove up to Toledo, Ohio from Columbus, Ohio. Took the Toledo train (Lake Shore Limited 48 and 49) to Chicago, then Empire Builder (27 and 28) to Shelby, Montana. Next time I will go to Whitefish since they accept Checked bags with firearms. (in fact, the Shelby train station...

Well, my first Amtrak trip is complete and here are some things I learned and my over all experience. I took the Empire from Ohio to Montana. I enjoyed the socialization with other travelers and learned some valuable lessons along the way. 1. Make sure you know if the stops have checked...

UPDATE: A lady from Shelby called me and explained that Shelby MT is not a "ticketing station", therefor they can not check firearms. She confirmed that Whitefish would be the next station that would allow me to bring firearms. (she said as weird as it sounds, stations that are not setup for...

Zephyr17 - I did call the station directly and left a message, but no call back yet. The guy I talked to on the 3rd call, he mentioned that Whitefish MT was showing availability for Firearm Check In RSVP, but that is a little farther then I want to go and since I already had all my bus tickets...

3rd try on the 800 number - Guy was very nice and went and got a supervisor because he said the it was weird that it kept coming back with an error that Shelby Station Checked luggage was closed or not accepting any check in's. Sounded a little strange but I think he was referring to the...

Trackwalker - "No later than 24 hours" to me means between 0-24 hours before departure." If someone says I need your rsvp no later then this Friday for a Saturday party, then I need to let them know by or before that Friday for the Saturday party. (Is how i am seeing it) If it is 0-24 hour then...

(based on one of my other posts) Per Amtrack, "Notification that the passenger will be checking firearms/ammunition must be made no later than 24 hours before train departure by calling Amtrak at 800-USA-RAIL." I called Amtrack a couple weeks ago and the lady I think was confused, because she...

Firearm Check In - It says, My trip is on June 3rd, so I called today May 16th to let them know, but the lady said I needed to call back the day before I leave on June 2nd to let them know. Does this sound correct? It says no later then 24 hours, so I figured now or in the next 2 weeks they...

Thanks for the feedback. My route is to board in Toledo Ohio on train 49, then in Chicago I board train 27 to Shelby Montana. I will have my firearms in hard cases locked and in my checked bag. (hopefully that helps) My train in Toledo Ohio leaves at 6am and I plan on arriving at around 3-4am. I...

First time rider here. I will be boarding Lake Shore 49 in Toledo and looks like I will then transfer to Empire Builder 27. What do I need to do for this? Do I need to get my bags from one train to the other or will they be transferred for me? What else do I need to know? Also, I will be...