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Hi. My wife and I need to get from Seattle to Mount Vernon in order to meet some friends. I have looked at the Amtrak site and see I could use the Cascades service if the trains left at a time suitable to us. The other alternative seems to be a "coach" servce also advertised on the Amtrak...

Hi Can anyone advise if it gets to hot or to cold overnight in the sleeper cars during August?. We have 3 overnight trips planned with a roomette on each leg and would like to know if it will be hot, cold or just comfortable when we are in the roomettes? I am assuming because it is a multi...

Hi. I am based in the UK and later this month will be touring the US using Amtrak. We have 3 long distance journeys booked and I am keen to find out whether or not it will be feasible for us to top up our supplies during these long journeys. Our first journey is from NY to NOLA on the...

Hi My wife and I are UK based but will be taking 3 long train journeys during our holiday to the US later this year. We are travelling from NY to NOLA on the Crescent, from NOLA to LA on the Sunset and from LA to Seattle on the Coast Starlight. For each of these journeys we have booked a...

Although we have a roomette booked for our journeys we are aware they are quite small and may not be suitable to spend long periods in. Are we able to use all the other facilities on board during our journeys, i.e. buffet car, unoccupied seats for sightseeing etc etc. Many thanks. John

My wife and I have a number of journeys booked for this year all with a roomette for the overnight trips. We are UK based and have never used Amtrak before and I am sure we will have a number of questions before we leave the UK. My first covers the security of the roomette when we are not in...