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I accept that rail travel is probably a very safe way to get around the USA, indeed my wife and I are travelling from the UK this weekend and will be heading from the East coast to the West coast by Amtrak during our vacation, however in this day and age no form of mass travel is free from risk...

Colin. My wife and I are also UK based and have previously travelled in Canada by VIA rail from Toronto to Niagra (Canada), to Montreal to Quebec and back to Toronto. This weekend we are heading across the pond to New York and on this trip will be going from New York to New Orleans, on to LA...

Many thanks for the advice. Because of the times of the bus and the train our best option is the bus service. The case will only just be over the size limits and as you say unless the driver is having an off day he is unlikely to be able to tell just by looking at it. We will mke the...

Hi. My wife and I need to get from Seattle to Mount Vernon in order to meet some friends. I have looked at the Amtrak site and see I could use the Cascades service if the trains left at a time suitable to us. The other alternative seems to be a "coach" servce also advertised on the Amtrak...

Many thanks for all the help. I suppose we will just have to wait until we get there and then see which, if either, of the levers work. Hopefully it will not be too unbearable. I can stand it being a bit chilly but would prefer it not to be too hot, my wife however is the other way round. As...

Hi Can anyone advise if it gets to hot or to cold overnight in the sleeper cars during August?. We have 3 overnight trips planned with a roomette on each leg and would like to know if it will be hot, cold or just comfortable when we are in the roomettes? I am assuming because it is a multi...

Many thanks for the advice, it seems like you are all confirming what I thought and what my wife was worried about, If I head off into the great unknown for a snack or two, I will get left behind. We will make sure we have everything when we start each leg of the trip. The Burrito woman does...

Hi. I am based in the UK and later this month will be touring the US using Amtrak. We have 3 long distance journeys booked and I am keen to find out whether or not it will be feasible for us to top up our supplies during these long journeys. Our first journey is from NY to NOLA on the...

Thanks for the answers about the Roomette numbers. If I understand correctly car 130 from NOLA to LA refers to the sleeping car as does the 1430 from LA to SEA, the rest of the info is open to discussion. Many thanks for your help. Regards John

Many thanks to everyone who has responded it seems we will see more from the lounge cars which is where I supect we will spend most of our time. All we need to do now is make sure we have a list of everything to look out for during each leg of our trip. I have now heard from our TA on the...

Many thanks for the quick response. It seems we will just have to wait until we board and hope for the best as far as the roomette is concerned. I suspect we will spend a Lot of the time in the viewing car anyway. Now all I need to do is get my UK based TA to contact AMTRAK to find out what...

Hi My wife and I are UK based but will be taking 3 long train journeys during our holiday to the US later this year. We are travelling from NY to NOLA on the Crescent, from NOLA to LA on the Sunset and from LA to Seattle on the Coast Starlight. For each of these journeys we have booked a...

Trust me the brown sauce we have on this side of he pond is nothing like BBQ sauce. I quite like most BBQ sauces but cannot stand the brown stuff across here. It will be interesting to see what culinery delights we find during our next trip across, especially in NOLA where I suspect we will...

Hi, I am the OP and cannot believe what this thread has turned into, it is brilliant. Firstly thanks to those who have attempted to ease our concerns over the security angle, we will make sure we have everything with us in a small bag when we leave the room. Now onto the Chips/Fries/Frites...

Once again thanks for all the advice. It would be my intention if I do get off the train to stay nearby and not wander off too far. I hadn't realised that most stations would lack refreshement outlets. If we do need anything I will make sure I only get off when there is a reasonable timeframe...

First of all many thanks for the replies, they have been very helpful. We are travelling from NY to NO, NO to LA and then LA to Seattle with stays in each location for 3 or 4 days. All in all we will be in the US for just under 3 weeks, and any married man will know there is no way their wife...

Can I first of all thank everyone for the replies, they have been very informative. We are actually travelling from NY to NO, NO to LA and finally LA to Seattle, with roomette's on each leg. I was interested in finding out if there are any restrictions on where we can and cannot go while on...

Although we have a roomette booked for our journeys we are aware they are quite small and may not be suitable to spend long periods in. Are we able to use all the other facilities on board during our journeys, i.e. buffet car, unoccupied seats for sightseeing etc etc. Many thanks. John

My wife and I have a number of journeys booked for this year all with a roomette for the overnight trips. We are UK based and have never used Amtrak before and I am sure we will have a number of questions before we leave the UK. My first covers the security of the roomette when we are not in...

Many thanks for the replies. Have spent all weekend looking for hotels and we are just about there now, so hopefully we will start booking things this week coming. Even though the trip is still over 9 months away we are already getting excited by this and if we do get flights and AMTRAK booked...