Tennessee Traveler
Conductor
I'm sure this has been covered somewhere in the past. I am planning a circuitous Amtrak trip in April 2017 departing New Orleans on the Cresent and transferring to the Capitol Limited in D.C.. In Chicago, I will transfer to the California Zephyr to Emeryville. Normally I would check my 24 inch luggage and only bring my carry on to my sleeper car room as I did when I rode the Lake Shore Limited this past June. After the Albany personnel send my checked luggage opposite direction than I traveled, my luggage was technically a day late arriving through New York Penn instead of through Chicago as I did. As it was my luggage got to New Orleans 4-5 hours later than I did. I have nothing but praise to the New Orleans personnel taking care of me. For that reason, I do not want to check my 24 inch bag on this trip and know that it will not be a problem on the Superliner equipment as I will simply leave it in the downstairs rack. On my Lake Shore Limited trip on the Viewliner I did not see any such luggage storage in sleeper car. I am aware there is storage from inside my roomette over the hallway but I am not able to lift my 24 inch bag and put it in that area even if it is large enough. So the question is: On the Cresent Viewliner sleeper will I be able to bring my 24 inch bag on board and where would I store it? I'm afraid if I check the bag it probably would be sent via CONO and CZ and arrive a day before I do.