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Our morning Pacific Surfliner to Coast Starlight connection in March is very tight (Surfliner arrival 8:57am…Starlight departure 9:51am=51 minutes)…. we have never had a connection this close…. Any advise about getting off and heading straight to the Starlight?….Should I check with a conductor...

We plan to take the train from the west mid-October to New England, then rent a car & drive around to see the fall colors. Would taking the Lake Shore Limited, then changing to the Ethan Allen Express to the end of its line at Rutland, VT and renting the car there be a good idea? Thank you for...

Any advice would be appreciated: Planning a trip in October from Portland, OR to Staten Island, NY to visit relatives. I've arrived at Penn Station before & taken subway/ferry to Staten Island, but Husband has not & is fearful of arriving after dark, which in October will be early...& also of...

I booked this trip as our "1.0 Last Hurrah" in January...at a late date, my husband was unable to go & our 29 year old son was able to take the time off work & accompany his grateful mom! I got unexpected fun one-on-one time with our adult son...& he got an amazing 16 day first train trip..for...

We are taking the Crescent from NOL to BHM in coach-about a 7 hour trip....I am used to longer distance travel in first class and considering upgrading to business class-but wondering what makes business class worth the $25/per person upgrade cost on this train. Also, if we travel coach, are we...

OK, we are coming in to New Orleans on the SL on a Sunday night & leaving on the Crescent on a Tuesday morning...so that gives us one day to see New Orleans! Our hotel is downtown & we are in good shape/able to walk....but need to stay budget minded... With those parameters, anyone want to give...

Does anyone have any experience transferring to the light rail line in LA? We are taking the Coast Starlight & hoping to get off & then on to the Gold Line to Pasadena-my main concern is our train arrives at 9pm

Does anyone have the best idea where to leave our car for 5 days in Eugene, OR? I've seen the "long term" parking lot there & it seems really small-I would like to have an alternate plan Thanks for any ideas!

In the last phases of planning our trip to Florida-will take the Sunset Limited into New Orleans-from there we are heading to Daytona Beach, FL...trying to decide if we take the train or rent a car one-way... -Has anyone rented a car out of NOL? If so, where/what company? -Closest hotel to the...

We only joined AGR 3 years ago, but we have managed to ride on the Empire Builder (x2!), the California Zephyr, the City of New Orleans, the Southwest Chief (x2!), part of the Lakeshore Limited, and the Coast Starlight (x2!). !! We just love riding the train :) We have enough points for 3...

Any ideas would be appreciated! We would like to travel from Redding, CA to Daytona Beach, FL (we will use AGR points :) ) but we would like to try the Sunset Limited...can we do this with AGR points? Should we stop in New Orleans, rent a car & drive the rest of the way (about 8 hours) or...

Thanks to all of you wise, experienced Amtrakkers! You always patiently answer my questions as my husband & I plan & take fun train trips! I have a companion coupon I got when I was issued my AGR MC-I have to use it before the end of the year...to celebrate my birthday we would like to take...

I haven't kept up on the EB problems....If we are going to travel from PDX to MSP this fall & time is not a factor (we are retired visiting our son in college), should we just take the EB? Or are there bus substitutions along the way? Should we go south to the CZ? Thanks for your input!

Thank you all for this great site! I have learned so much from all of you! My husband & I took our first Amtrak trip a year ago when we took the Empire Builder round trip from Portland to St. Paul, MN to visit our son in college. We fell in love with train travel! We got the Guest Rewards...