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We recently rode the Crescent from PHL to NOL in roomettes. After ATL it's all daylight - train not too crowded - and I think coach for that part of trip would be fine. Plus, lunch and abreviated dinner menu were nothing special. But when I went to book next year's trip - same run - I discovered...

And the Crescent stops there too - which we'll be boarding this Friday. Yay!

That's encouraging. Nine of us going in roomettes - but not all in the same roomette!

Hi all. We are going PHL to NOL and back over the next few weeks. I'm wondering if the AC is working on the Crescent these days? Anyone taken the trip lately and care to comment? We are getting excited about our upcoming vacation - so any comments about the Crescent are welcomed. Thanks all and...

Riding the Crescent next month PHL to NOL and return. I want to check the bags (luggage, not wife and kids) a day early when we return. Will they let me check our party's luggage on Sunday so we don't have to be at the station so early for our 7:05 a.m. departure? And who does the best Orange...

We are taking the Crescent rt from PHL to NOL in a few weeks. What meals can we expect? I read here something about a quick or limited dinner menu pulling into NOL? Is that abbreviated mwnu posted anywhere online? And coming back to PHL we arrive at 12:30 p.m. Do they serve lunch in the diner...

Here it is when new: 1982. http://www.railpixs.com/New%20Pixs/AMTK%20GeorgePullman%20at%20Chicago_June82.jpg

We rode TE from CHI recently and had roomettes in the George M. Pullman. It was in great shape - clean and sparkly. I suggested to sister it was possibly brand new or most certainly a recent rehab. I wish all the cars were as nice. Anyone familiar with this car I'd love to hear about it. How can...

I recently took showers on the CL and TE both ways - 4 showers - no problems. Wish I was in one right now, in fact. Looking forward to a shower on the Crescent this summer.

Do they ever use Heritage Dining Cars on the Crescent?

We have a total of 4 roomettes reserved on the Crescent. I was looking through the Timetable and read somewhere you can take two rookettes and make a suite out of them for four persons. I didn't see this option on www.amtrak.com. Does anyone here have experience with making a suite with two...

We are making reservations for a trip coming up this summer. We are booking 4 roomettes for 5 adults and one child. If we purchase the tix at one time on one reservation, can one person with the AGR account get the full credit points for the entire purchase? That is, when we enter the pax info...

We are planning a trip for this summer - 6 persons, 4 roomettes - from PHL to NOL. Coming back 3 persons and 2 roomettes. I know there is more storage space in Viewliner bedroom than in Superliner room, but I'm trying to get a sense of how much room we have for bags in the Viewliners? Having...

I am looking to book a trip his summer from PHL to LAX and am considering USA Rail Pass - 3 adults and a 15 yr old. If we buy the four passes - and sleeper accomodations are available on a train we want to catch, is it easy to make the arrangement? I was reading somewhere there are limnited...

We boarded car 3000 on the Capitol Limited in Chicago last Sunday. Lots of lightning around Toledo, midnight. After a most restful sleep, I woke at 7:30 expecting to be a few hours from Harper's Ferry. A terrific rain storm had come through I guess between Toledo and Cleveland, and flooding was...

What is the "rail fan" window? In the old days we sometimes stood on the platforms between cars and sometimes the rear platform. Ever since "Throw Momma from the Train" came out they I guess they limit access to rear platforms - if there still are such things?

On CL and TE routes are there any mail boxes on the platforms, or postal services in stations? A neat collection would be postal cancellations from every stop along the way. Here's an eBay link to train-related US postage items...

Hi all. Do lower lever sleeping pax get first crack, for example, in the showers? When accessing the baggage area and rest rooms down below - any heightened considerations the norm? I wonder are bedroom pax more exclusive, if you will, of expected or hoped for personal courtesies and...

I get a sense that I'm really over-thinking this. How hard can it be? Just stick it to the window and push a few buttons. I've never used a GPS, and probably am expecting it to be more than it is. I am putting in the Amtrak stops as favorites, figuring that will give me some options on board as...

I bought a Garmin 255wt and found the off-road setting. But I don't know how to program it from WAS Union Station to Chicago Union Station. Can you suggest a website or perhaps provide info here that will explain how to do this? Perhaps I don't need it for navigation - more like where a I I...