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Hi all, anyone know how early can check your bags at chicago for the CZ, would have liked to do it well early so we can go and get some lunch before it sets off

Hi All, we are booked to take the CZ in 2 weeks (the excitment builds) and was wondering about lunch, I noted that on the Amtrak website it states that the latest boarding time to receive dinning service is for lunch is 1430 , the train is due to depart at 1400, It may sound a silly question...

Hi All, Anyone know if the bigger train stations have shops that sell stuff from the Amtrak online store, Regards Cheryl. :)

Hi All, We have changed our plans and have decided to go all the way to San Fran on the CZ and have booked a roomette. From our e-ticket our car is 0540 - room 020. I have had a look and can not find any info that refers to these rooms, only found them going upto 10 in a layout I found. Is...

Hi All, This is our itinery for our big adventure, its taken some time to sort out but finally sorted and hotels and trains booked. we go at the begining of Sept for just over 3 weeks. Its soooooo exciting and we can hardly wait, we have never been to the States before. We are doing our trains...

Hi all, We are making headway on our planned trip across the USA this year but have noticed a odd thing. Part of our trip will be from Chicago to San Fran stopping for a night in Glenwood Springs, the Amtrak site says that it arrives at 1.53pm but then leaves the next day at 1.53pm, is this...

Hi All, The first of my many questions. Whilst looking at planning our trip on the California Zephyr (one of a few we are doing next year) we decided we would like to stop for a couple of days in Glenwood Springs. My question is, does Amtrak like Canada Rail offer a complementry stopover...

Hello all, We are new to train travel in the USA. We are in the process of planning our trip for next year which includes the Calafornia Zephyr, Lakeshore Ltd and the Mapleleaf. Our experience of train travel is in mainly the UK and India (3 weeks traveling round north india in a heat wave)...