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I would like to know as well. I'm on the Zephyr and LSL Jan 7th - 10th. Taking my nephew, who has never been on a train before. And if they change that when we both need to be back to work by a certain date...

Taking the Zephyr and LSL in January. Have a bedroom and a roomette. Someone said the "you can take your masks off if you are in bedroom or roomette with the door closed" language has been removed from the website. So, are you still allowed to take off the masks in your room?

Yes, the prices have gotten ridiculous. Three months ago, I booked the Zephry from Emeryville to Chicago (my final destination is Cleveland) in mid-January and a Bedroom was almost $2,400!! That's more than double what it was when I took the same route about five years ago!

I've only taken the Zephyr once eastbound (EMY to CHI) and I'm doing it again for the first time in years in January. I don't remember - is Reno a smoke stop? I have a friend that just moved there and would love to see her even if it's only for a few minutes on the platform - she's the type of...

Yes - Zephyr westbound. SCA had decorated our car, which was fun, but nothing special otherwise. However, on the Coast Starlight on New Year's Eve (I want to say 2011 going into 2012), they had a half-sized bottle of champagne and two plastic champagne glasses waiting in our Bedroom, with a...

FYI - Found the perfect solution - I'm staying at the Hampton Inn & Suites the night before I leave, which is only two blocks from the station. I called about the possibility of leaving my car there while I'm gone for four days - they said "No problem, we'll give you a parking pass" AND IT'S...

Because I'm actually going to Trenton - staying with cousins there as a "home base" for a New York trip. And I could take the Capitol to PGH, but it's too much of a pain to be up in the middle of the night in Cleveland!

Thank you!

It's been 7 years since I took the Pennsylvanian from PGH to New York and back - and I will be making that trip again this June. Anyone been to the PGH station lately? The website says there's long term parking there, but I don't remember there being long term parking there before - I had to...

Thank you. I'm just NOT a morning person and like it as quiet as possible until AFTER breakfast.

Will be on several trains over the next two weeks and I want to have my SCA bring my breakfast to me in my room, which I've never done before. Is it customary to tip the SCA when a meal is brought to you? Or covered by the tip you give at the end of your trip?

Thank you! Good to know!

It's been two years since I've been on the LSL. Going from CLE to CHI January 14th. There's no longer a Dining Car? Only the Dinette? Does that mean no more being able to have the SCA bring breakfast to your bedroom?

I had no clue until reading this thread. How long have they had a Business Class?

Thank you. That answers a lot for me.

I was on the front Sleeper on the SWC a week & a half ago where we were right behind the engines. I got pretty sick from the exhaust, even though two plainclothes employees (badges on lanyards around their necks) came and asked if I could smell the exhaust. I told them yes and that it was...

Just got back a little over a week ago from a round-trip, CLE to LAX and back. I took the Texas Eagle out and the Southwest Chief back. Roomettes both ways. When boarding in Chicago, there was a mix-up in the room across from me. I rode out to the train with an elderly woman via the Redcap...

Actually - the Presidential Suite is now $23,000. But the original picture in this thread is one of the Junior Suites, which is "only" $9,890. A Deluxe Cabin (with twin beds) is $6,840, which might be do-able on a dream vacation someday!

PPS - if you're looking for fun socialization, on most trains, the conductor or the Lounge Car attendant (don't know the "real" term for the person who sells the booze/snacks in the Lounge car, forgive me) will usually announce if something gets started, such as "So and so from this place has...

I have been on both trains and they are both GORGEOUS for scenery, so if you do TOO much socializing, you'll miss out on the scenery. If you do like to talk, though, head straight to the observation car so you can watch the scenery as well. The biggest problem I have on the observation car...