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I'm off for Sacramento on the Pac Surfliner and the Coast Starlight. I expect to have a wonderful time. Thanks everyone for their help and insights. I feel confident and good about this. Offline till Monday; expect a trip report in the near future!

There was a disturbing interview on NPR's "Fresh Air" today about train travel: http://www.npr.org/2...-more-dangerous It's about a book, "Attention All Passengers" and parts of the interview was chilling. In it, the author talked not only about the post-dereg hassles that have crept into the...

Hey everyone! Thanks to reading the forum, I know that the roomette doors don't lock from the outside, so it begs the question: what does one do with their valuables when you're off in the dining car or (in my case) the PPC? Do you just carry them with you wherever you go? Depending on what one...

i'm getting ready for my trip on the CS--found single serve, itty bitty bottles of wine to have in my roomette so I won't have to spend an arm and a leg in the lounge! I look forward to looking out at beautiful scenery with a (very) small bottle of mediocre Cabernet Seriously, I can hardly...

Just a quick introduction. What a great thing, to have found this site! I was throwing 'Coast Starlight' into every search engine I knew of, and reading trip reports and such. This i site is by far the most informative, and the only on with which I officially registered. I live in San Diego...

After reading this forum for a few days, I feel more and more confident about my first semi-long distance trip on the train! This site is a real find. I more or less know what to expect in a couple months when I step onto the Surfliner in San Diego, and then on to the Coast Starlight. As a...