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I look at that as one segment if you take the Coast Starlight all the way through on one ride. Other options tell you they are 2 or more segments.

Y'all are just a wealth of information! I am in the midst of planning a rail trip to CA - out on the SWC and back on CZ. When I first started planning it was to start in mid-July... we could have been right in the middle of all this :( with the result being any future train travel out of the...

Sounds good... but imagine being 1500 miles from home, midway through a rail pass trip, standing at the station with wife and all your luggage. And that presents another question, if you have checked a bag - can you retrieve it if the train is cancelled? Reading about all of these recent...

As a relative newbie to all things Amtrak... what do they do for passengers that have booked a trip? Sleeper car vs coach?

Thank you for the prompt replies and info. Looks like we did a total of 3,040 miles with Amtrak on this trip. We learned a lot regarding Amtrak travel. We learned a bit about bus travel. We learned a bit about car rental. Success on most all levels from where I sit. ;)

Good morning everyone. My better half and I just returned from our first big circle using a rail pass. From ATL to NYP - SYR - TOL, then CHI - NOL - ATL. Is there a resource we can access to tell us how many miles we traveled by Amtrak? This was our learning adventure, and we did learn a...

Another couple of great tips, thank you Stremba.

Thanks for the tip Barb

Thank you Zephyr, good info and helps put my mind at ease today.

Thanks for the prompt reply, I appreciate it. I understand the intermediate stops and risks there, although I had not considered this before. I guess my concern is that when booking rail pass tickets there is nothing that pairs our tickets together - other than our last names. Not a big issue...

I edited the title and couldn’t get back into the thread 😹 Second question: When booking a regular coach ticket on CONO you can select upper or lower level seating. I don’t recall that option when we booked. Is that not a thing (a choice) when you travel by rail pass?

Good morning y’all. The Mrs. & I have rail passes to head north for family gatherings next month. Going to make a test run of it to see if we want to try a west coast adventure in Aug or Sept. On this first trip there will be three overnight segments; ATL-NYP, SYR-TOL & CHI-NOL. My...

Just joined. Count me in as disappointed that it's gone.