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    Who in the world are you?

    Welcome Kevin, I am a "transplanted" Floridian living in Lake Wales. It is always good to have young people (younger than me & Jim Hudson) in Amtrak Unlimited. I hope you will post often.
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    A "Roll The Dice" Question

    I did the bus connection from CVS to RVR. It was a nice bus & driver. Mostly interstate highway and plenty of time to transit to the Meteor. I would do it again.
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    New Moderator - Railroad Bill

    Congratulations Bill.
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    Normal For Sleepers On Rear And Coach In Front?

    The sleeper cars have been at the rear on the Silver Meteor in January, February, April & May.
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    Best Viewliner Room

    I prefer room 2. Room 10 is near the shower.
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    Double Days are back (3/16/15-5/16/15)

    I have received 5.050 bonus points and more to go on travel from yesterday & today.
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    Amtrak accepting reservation NYP PHL (soon)

    I am in Philadelphia now. I took the NJT Trenton Express to Trenton. There were several people doing the same route. There were NJT & SEPTA personnel at the station & signage to guide us to the shuttle bus. The bus arrived in a few minutes and away we went to the West Trenton SEPTA station...
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    Amtrak accepting reservation NYP PHL (soon)

    I should clarify that Amtrak "suggested" the NJ Transit leg and I will book it myself. Amtrak sent me an updated e-ticket for #83 & #97.
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    Amtrak accepting reservation NYP PHL (soon)

    I received a call from Amtrak last night advising that my Saturday re-book on #97 had been canceled. I am now re-booked on New Jersey Transit from NYP to PHL this morning, then on Amtrak #83 to WAS and finally #97 to Florida. I was able to get my sleeper accommodation on #97. The Amtrak...
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    What does your Forum User Name mean?

    Welcome. I am a Million Mile Flyer with United, but when I retired, I switched from airplanes to trains. We moved from NJ to Florida last year, but I don't really miss NJ. I hope you like AU and will be an active poster.
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    Amtrak & Prescription Meds

    I carry my meds in a seven or twenty-eight day container without any problem. I have never heard of any luggage search on Amtrak. I always take my meds in my carry on bag.
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    Sleeper bumped into coach experience

    I agree with Ryan. About the only other accommodation Amtrak could have offered was to put you up in a hotel in Chicago and put you in a sleeper for the next day. Perhaps another option was to bring cots into the new Baggage Car and you could have spent the night in that car!!
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    QR Code

    The past 4 trips I have taken, the conductor has not asked for my ticket or has anyone looked at my e-ticket. The SCA meets me at the door where I enter the train - says my name - I respond with my room number and I board the train.
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    The Grand Loop

    We are doing the same trip in November. We will depart and return from / to Winter Haven, FL and stop for one week in San Francisco for daughter's wedding. I have booked bedrooms on all trains and hoping the Pacific Parlor Car will be on both legs of the CS.
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    Amtrak / National Train Day Plans??

    I will be on the Meteor traveling north to Boston. Are there bonus points for travel on NTD?
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    Differences between European trains and Amtrak

    I lived in Europe for six years (1996-2001) and traveled extensively by train (much better than flying). I really liked the DB ICE trains (First Class). I found it more convenient than flying short distances. We took several overnight trains - Amsterdam to Prague, Paris to Munich, Munich to...
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    Where would you go on Amtrak?

    I would suggest the Empire Builder to Seattle, Coast Starlight to Los Angeles & the Texas Eagle (422) to Chicago.
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    Silver Star sleeper update

    I was in 9712, Room 6.
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    Silver Star sleeper update

    I was on the southbound Silver Meteor yesterday. My SCA told me that the dining car will be removed and the Café Car service will be the provider of food service for the entire train. I realize that the existing dining cars are old, but they work fine from my perspective. I hope we do not...
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    Revised fare receipt

    I received five (5) emails of changes in my upcoming reservations. I did not see any changes in the departure times, car number or sleeper number or letter.
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