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How long in advance does the conductor need to know to ensure the train stops at a flag stop? For instance, buying tickets now for tomorrow's Sunset Limited at Deming, NM.

So here's my question. Does anyone know what the current fee is for transferring bought points to someone who has maxed out their bought points for the year. For example: Person 1 buys 10,000 points. Person 2 buys 5,000 points and wants to transfer all those points to Person 1.

My girlfriend and I are thinking of moving to Portland, OR (long story) and this would be good and bad for when I travel back home to visit family. Right now we have to board the Texas Eagle 421/420 from TUS to get to CHI and then the Pere Marquette into GRR. When/If we move, it'll only be the...

I'm on board 421 headed for SAS and just wondering if there was anywhere near the station I could get some tylenol or ibuprofen at 10 pm at night...

I was watching my favorite news source on YouTube and heard about this. Unfortunately it's going to be a "party train" so it won't run everyday but it seems this company has done what Amtrak couldn't lol www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_22057875/california-las-vegas-party-train-could-hit-tracks

Due to the nature of the AGR zone boundaries, I have currently booked a roomette on train 421 from CHI to ELP purchased with points, and a roomette on train 1 from ELP to TUS (because it was cheaper then picking 421) purchased with cash. Since these two are physically the same train, and after...

I feel like this is kinda a stupid question, because I've been through CUS enough that I should know this, but when does boarding stop for the LD trains? I know they make announcements like tickets are sold up to 10 minutes to departure and boarding up to so many minutes before departure, but I...

So I have a question. I am planning on taking a trip from GRR to TUS, partially with points and partially with cash. I booked a one zone roomette with points from CHI-ELP, and we're in car 2130 (room 005). We paid for the cash fare for a roomette from ELP to TUS and according to the E-ticket...

I know that I can make a reservation now, and say I'll pay at the station and they'll hold my reservation, but for how long? I'm looking to do some after Christmas time travel and I would like to book it now, but don't have the money just yet (I'll have it in a couple weeks). Also, I'd like to...

I was just scrolling through Facebook and noticed that Amtrak had a post that was directed towards someone who had difficulties when trying to board. I thought it was really nice that they came forward to apologize for the behavior of their employees, however I think they probably should send a...

I saw on the website (and have heard of) the bedroom suite on the superliner and the viewliner, and on the site it claims that both can accommodate up to 6 people...how is this possible? Also, am I correct in that I would need to call up amtrak to investigate this further?

Just curious as to when the fall promotion will start, and whether or not it'll be something like last years's 50% extra deal...

I noticed looking at mock-reservations leaving TUS that sometime after May 1st (I forgot exactly when) The departure time for the 422/1 Train eastbound changes from the 1am-ish departure to an 8am-ish departure. Anybody know anything about this?

I was pretty sure this is possible. My sister has an AGR account in her name, but she forgot to put the number on the reservation to get the points. I told her that I was pretty sure that within the AGR website, you can request the points that you would have gotten on that reservation (she did...

Not sure if anyone knows this, but I tried finding train 21 on the status maps and there's no evidence of it after LVW. I even tried playing with the script to find out if it was under 1021 or 1421, but to no avail. 22 seems to work correctly despite the service disruption (it just shows the...

I'm currently approaching longview, TX, and thought I'd post about the bus for anyone who was wondering. Update 1: just boarded the bus, leaving longview now (9am). There was 3 full size busses and a shuttle/mini bus. The mini bus was for Mineola, then there was a full size bus for Dallas, and...

Are cardboard boxes acceptable? I am basically moving to Arizona from Michigan, so I have a lot of stuff in a 20x20x24 moving box, and it doesn't weigh more than 50 pounds... The website doesn't say whether or not they're allowed...just that plastic bins/containers aren't allowed. I'm currently...

Is there some massive lost and found bin for Amtrak for all the phones left on trains? lol I left mine accidentally on the 364 yesterday after getting off at KAL, so it's pretty much a goner, but I thought it'd be funny if there was some big box somewhere they just throw all the phones in that...

Has anyone with a smartphone tried pulling their email confirmation up on their phone and then having the QuikTrak scan that instead of a piece of paper? I tried to on my Android phone but gmail wouldn't load the barcode image :( Luckily KAL does have one staff member working, so I was able...

I'm just curious if the diner/cafe closes on different trains at different times, like with the SWC, the cafe closes about 9ish I thought, and my girlfriend is on the SL right now and she says the announcer said the cafe closes in about 10 minutes from now