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I'm pretty sure it contains already used towels.

I'm obviously Todd.... I tend to switch my passions (outside of work)...first it was golf, for like 30 years, since I was 13...then it was hiking and tent camping starting at age 43...I spent a dozen years travelling out to hike in the Rockies, mainly Glacier National Park in Montana...then I...

yeah, when I booked my cross-country loop 11 months in advance to this April, I like planning way in advance...everything was lowest bucket...under new system I would not be travelling Amtrak in April...everything beyond June right now is priced in highest bucket for cross-country...

They have reservation issues! Today, every date that I try the Buffalo to Seattle route, the only option that comes up is 3 segments; Buffalo to Chicago, Chicago to Portland and then Portland to Seattle. At the same time, if you try Chicago to Seattle it gives you a direct route. Messed up.

It is a great video, perfectly timed in terms of scenery, meals, train, and history...makes me look forward to doing it the other way in April...LA to NO...loved it...

thanks for the data and link. I purchased my cross-country loop tickets (first Amtrak experience) in April several months ago, and found the live map a few months ago and that is the strangest thing that I have seen. Even now, no trains on the Empire Line, and there will be none tomorrow it...

Checking out the Amtrak live train map and strange things are happening with #7 (Empire Builder). First of all there are 4 trains for route #7 all on the track. The 1/4 train is 33 hours late and motionless a few stops from Seattle, the 1/5 is 13 hours late, only a few hours distance behind the...

I'll be doing CONO in a few months and have read up extensively here...I'll also be in a bedroom... 1. You don't get traditional dining, it will be flexible dining...which unfortunately means microwave meals...decent but not great... 2. The bedroom gives you a lot of room, even with 2, as...

I was involved in materials management on the shop floor for the first Amtrak locomotive development in the early 90's at the GE plant in Erie, PA. I spent 9 months on special assignment doing this and seeing the locomotive come together and be assembled in Building 10. I left GE and moved into...

Thanks for the input everyone: I'll figure it out when I get there. If I don't feel safe, I'll grab a taxi or uber. Only 3.5 more months until the big first Amtrak journey!

Like I said 1.5 miles shouldn't be a problem to walk, about 30-40 minutes...of course, if the train is a few hours late, I'll be walking after midnight....

It will be my first time in LA, Seattle, and New Orleans. I got a room with a balcony at Place D'Armes, so I'm good there. Glad to hear that people like this hotel. I've never used an UBER/Lyft before, yeah, I'm behind the times, I'll have to look into signing up for their services. I'm a bit...

I'm going to be doing Empire Builder from Chicago to Seattle, Coast Starlight from Seattle to LA, Sunset from LA to New Orleans, and CONO from New Orleans to Chicago in April. I'll be staying 2 nights each in Seattle, LA, and New Orleans. I'll be staying right next to the station in Seattle...

You can click through each group of ten stations at a time and then at the end (after the last 10) it gives you the option of showing all 30 stations...which you can then do...

I'm not using app, I'm at Amtrak.com and it still shows the detailed schedule on ticket.

I hadn't looked at the schedules tab before: I'm still a beginner, so this was new info for me. Seems like an improvement to have it attached to your ticket.

I have looked at my tickets after signing in at amtrak.com. Today I looked and when you click on your route and then view details, it now has the detailed schedule with all stops listed (I'm 99% sure this wasn't previously there). For instance on the Empire Builder, it reads as follows...

Thanks for the input...always have the observation car...

Yeah, I didn't think of that...so, northbound get the ocean bedroom views...they stay in same alignment and turn the train around so southbound gets the east side in bedrooms...correct?

So, I've been devouring posts here and on YouTube to prepare for my April trip...one of my US loop segments is the CS...headed south from Seattle to LAX...I've got bedroom E... I've seen a few posts in the last 24 hours saying that southbound the bedrooms are on the east (non-ocean view)...