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Just realised we are likely to be celebrating our 40th anniversary on the Canadian on the way to Vancouver!

I'm reading a couple of usefull guides re travelling Amtrak. I get the impression that if you are travelling in a sleeper of any kind your expected to sit in the room during the day unless using the observation car, is this correct?

Wonderful and useful information re Niagara. Its the Canadian side we'll be wanting to see. Whilst on the subject of all things Canadian (and apologies if this is against this discussion group's 'protocols') , but my wife is desperate to see the Canadian Rockies, would the best way to do this be...

Sorry I'm rather confused re the getting to Niagra discussion. When I looked it up on the Amtrack site, they gave me of a choice of US or Canada Stations. Also a good few years ago my wife made the trip from Toronto, she said it was great.

Wow Venture Forth, you put an awful lot of work into your suggestions, thank you so much. You also make many good points re holidays and so on. Autumn makes more and more sense to me. We have a bit more time. The only bit of concern is what the weather in the Atlantic will be like on our return...

A couple of questions, is tipping the sleeping car attendant, waiter in the restaurant car the norm and if we sleep on a coach seat overnight, is it possible to get a shower in the morning?

Thank you for the tip re 'Freighter Travel', we will check it out. Regarding city/country, we want to see both. My work/research is related to community development/organising. I'll be researching material for a new book containing case studies of projects and policies in New York, Chicago...

Also thanks for the concern re my wife's 'disability', its really to do with her eyes (retina) and violent motions/pressure, hence no planes or bungee jumping!. Rightly she's concerned to protect her functioning eye, so we are being cautious. It shouldn't, touch wood, be a problem re medical...

John I've just realised I did no reply to you kind offer re info, yes please I'd love to hear you experiences etc. also I'm serious thinking that we should consider going in the autumn, (September, Octber and November), rather than from May, would this work re weather etc.

Years of reading Jack Keroac and the Big Sur! By the way how far in advance will I need to book the sleeping compartments if travelling between May and July next year?

Cheers Service Attendant, I was going to ask about train v car from San Francisco to LA. everyone describes the coast road as one of the great American car trips, are you suggesting the train is even better? The most complicated part is the trip around the Southwest, seeing the main sites, it...

Thank you so much everyone. The thing is for medical reasons my wife can't fly, so we are 'forced' to take a boat across the pond (QM2), the earliest crossing is 9 May, the timing is critical as well need to get back to New York by early July, if we miss the ship well have to wait till...