Travel on the Lake Shore Limited

[Joel N. Weber II]

Note: They may make you leave your carry-on bags in the luggage room inside the lounge, if the lounge is very crowded. There is a redcap manning this room who will give you a claim check for your bags, such that you can claim them shortly before you board the train. One nice advantage of this is the fact that you can park your carryon bags here, while you wander around Chicago and do lunch, assuming that your trains arrive on time.

Does the Boston ClubAcela offer a similar service for holding onto carryons while you wander around the city? I'm thinking it might work well to arrive at South Station plenty early just to leave time in case anything goes wrong getting to the station etc, and then go for a walk in downtown Boston to kill some time.

 

[AlanB]

Note: They may make you leave your carry-on bags in the luggage room inside the lounge, if the lounge is very crowded. There is a redcap manning this room who will give you a claim check for your bags, such that you can claim them shortly before you board the train. One nice advantage of this is the fact that you can park your carryon bags here, while you wander around Chicago and do lunch, assuming that your trains arrive on time.

Does the Boston ClubAcela offer a similar service for holding onto carryons while you wander around the city? I'm thinking it might work well to arrive at South Station plenty early just to leave time in case anything goes wrong getting to the station etc, and then go for a walk in downtown Boston to kill some time.

Well it's not a special room, much less a room manned by a redcap. But you can usually leave your bags in the Club Acela Lounge, assuming that you can gain access to the lounge.