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Thanks to D.P. Roberts and to Carolyn Jane for the information we are upstairs right next to the stairs on all trains. Is this a good location?

We have our first Amtrak journey coming up in about 4 weeks (Los Angeles to San Francisco) on the Coast Starlight with subsequent journeys on the California Zephyr and Capital Limited. Our tickets show Bedroom numbers and car numbers on each of the journeys; is there a anywhere on the web...

My wife and I have booked a cross America journey with Amtrak next March to connect to a Carnival cruise that sails from New York. In 2012 there is a discount code (V602) that would give a 15% discount off the basic rail fare component of Amtrak bookings for travellers who were connecting with...

Hi Geoff, I'm a fellow Melbournian, my wife and I are booked to do almost exactly the same journey in March next year as you are planning. Except we will start in Los Angeles and finish in New York with stopovers in San Francisco, Chicago and Washington on the way. We are taking our journey...

Thanks for the explaination, unfortunately the rebooking is already done although we definitely lost far more than 10% of the actual fare difference. However, they also gave us a voucher for about $8 which we can only use for train travel and only if booking in person at a ticket counter...

From what you say, we shouldn't have any problems asking the SCA to make up the beds in our Roomette on the Coast Starlight immediately after lunch as we will have just come off a 14 hour direct flight from Melbourne (Australia) to Los Angeles and sleep will be a priority :wacko: even though...

I am interested in your statement that "DO NOT get off at the Ferry Building stop late in the evening. It is reasonably close to the streetcar route, but a good walk to anything else, and by late in the evening the streetcar frequency is down. The Ferry Building station is a ghost towm late...

After hearing from someone on another (non rail) forum that they had re-booked their Amtrak journey because the bedroom prices had been reduced, I checked the current pricing on-line and discovered that my bedrooms on the California Zephyr and the Capitol Limited were now cheaper than when I...

G'Day Comanchepilot, Thanks for the report on your journey on the Coast Starlight; we will be making that journey in March next year. We have also booked a Roomette, I hope that the Sleeping Car Attendant you mentioned has moved on by then. Garry :lol:

Hi August West, We will take the Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to Oakland (San Francisco) The Californian Zephyr from Emeryville to Chicago, the Capitol Limited from Chicago to Washington and the North East Regional from Washington to New York. Looking forward to reading about your journey...

G'Day Lincoln18, we are also taking our first Amtrak journey in early March next year. We will be traveling from Los Angeles to San Francisco, San Francisco to Chicago, Chicago to Washington and Washington to New York where we will connect with a cruise back to Los Angeles via the Panama Canal...

Hi Peter, I'm pleased to see another Aussie on this forum, and even more pleased to hear that you are an experienced Amtrak traveler which tells me that you have obviously enjoyed your past journeys. My wife and I will take our first Amtrak journey in March next year we are doing Los Angeles to...

WOW! We are doing almost the exact reverse journey in March. We will catch the Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to San Francisco (Oakland) then the California Zephyr from San Francisco (Emmeryville) to Chicago then the Capitol Limited from Chicago to Washington and finally the Northeast...

We met Liz and Robyn on a 3 day cruise "Meet the Queens" cruise out of Sydney when QE2 & QM2 docked there together. Also acted as their tour guides in Melbourne when they called in on their round Australia cruise on Sapphire Princess. Have to confess, I haven't been back on Invincible for a...

Hi Carolyn Jane, so you would probably also have known Liz? Robyn was in Melbourne last week but unfortunately we weren't able to catch up. Garry :lol:

Hi Carolyn, Can I ask on which cruise ship did our paths cross? Garry :lol:

G'Day Swadian Hardcore, looked at both of those routes but my wife insisted that we had to visit San Francisco on the way. Garry :lol:

Thanks everyone, I showed the replies to my wife and she has decided that maybe the train will be alright after all. Big sigh of relief on my part as I really didn't want to fly, especially after a 14 hour non-stop flight from Australia. Garry :lol:

G'Day Swadian Hardcore, We will be taking the Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to Oakland (San Francisco), The California Zephyr from Emeryville to Chicago, the Capitol Limited from Chicago to Washington and the North East Regional from Washington to New York. Haven't traveled on the Ghan...

In Australia, all genuine Service dogs are required to wear a specially marked collar and/or a vest and be on a leash when they are working i.e. accompanying a person with a medically diagnosed disability in a public place. This also goes for passengers on trains. Whilst I understand that some...