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You would pay the bid in addition to what you have already paid. Note that at the bottom you can ‘upgrade now’ for $505, so not really worth bidding $530 (and rolling the dice) when you can garuntee an upgrade for a lower price by upgrading now. Also, you can probably ask the attendant when...

On the Zephyr, there is a 'coach attendant' that controls who sits where. Some attendants will let you pick any open seat, some will assign you a seat number upon boarding. Depends on the attendant and how busy the train is. (If it is the latter, you may not have much choice regarding what seat...

I remember your post. You were involuntarily downgraded from a bedroom to Roomette and they sold your bedroom to someone else instead.

Not sure what you mean by ‘at the top’. Btw, I’ve found that the ‘dixielandsoftware’ page seems to archive the delay info. https://dixielandsoftware.net/cgi-bin/gettrain.pl?seltrain=98&selyear=2024&selmonth=06&selday=14

Yes. Bucket drops happen and are common, but typically around only about 3-6 months out. This usually happens when not enough inventory is sold as the departure date nears. While drops at 10 months out are possible (I had that happen a few months ago), it’s less likely.

Just received an alert about the service change on Monday via email.

These are fares from ORL to NYP on the 22nd vs NYP to MIA, might explain the difference in fares.

Yes, but only for the attendants that are senior enough to hold a permanent job. The younger ones on extraboard only get 48 hours before going back on call.

You are in the right place then! :)

https://www.amtrak.com/heartland-flyer-anniversary-sale

Also, I see Zephyr replied to this, but I just wanted to politely add that if all this talk about buckets and inventory is overwhelming, you do not need to know all of this information. 90% of Amtrak travelers are not aware of the buckets. Railforless.us is a great resource, however. Definitely...

8(3) hit another person this morning, near Whitefish. Luckily, that one wasn’t fatal. http://dixielandsoftware.net/cgi-bin/gettrain.pl?seltrain=8&selyear=2024&selmonth=06&selday=03

I think you are right. I was thinking of something else.

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Agreed. Seems weird multi city is not allowed/possible.

Just now stumbled upon this. I enjoyed reading through your trip report! I'd like to get back on the SWC again someday (hopefully within the next year or two). Also, I wanted to comment on one of the details you highlighted in your trip report While you did not mention it explicitly, your...

Rode the CS this past weekend and noticed some new things, and wanted to provide an update for those curious. A trans-dorm car has been added back onto the consist (running as the xx32 car), but in exchange, the third coach (the xx12 car, which had been running through the spring) appears to...

The PTZ cam is still publicly available at a new link: https://www.youtube.com/live/efFciyO8fz8?si=hwA6WpMwSNAT9A_U The west (static) can is members only, yes.