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Fabulous! Thank you.

I am far from completing my itinerary for the USA Rail Pass. My primary goals are to go to some particular art museums (not important for this discussion) and to see the USA fly by my window. So, what direction do you recommend for each of these trains for scenery? North to south? East to West...

If you book in advance, if you are disabled, are you assured that there will be a seat in the accessible seating? I won’t go into it but I have REM Sleep Disorder and I could injure someone sitting next to me if we are in “normal” coach seats. Thank you, Linda

Do “guaranteed connections” still exist? Other threads that I have found are rather old. I will be using a US Rail Pass. If I miss one of the earlier legs of my itinerary, it would change the rest of the itinerary if they put me on the next day’s train. My question is, should I always add a...

I am in the early planning stage. To coordinate the itinerary, it would help to take into account the overnight portions of each long distant train. My goal is sightseeing rather than the fastest trip. So, depending on the particular train route, do you prefer west to east for those or do you...

So, we are narrowed down to 3 routes that no one has chimed in about. Thanks for the answers so far. What is the “better” side to travel in coach for these 3 legs? -Coast Starlight: San Francisco, CA to Los Angeles, CA -City of New Orleans: Chicago, IL to New Orleans, LA -Crescent: New Orleans...

Any specific direction or both directions? What are you referring to about the choice of eastbound vs westbound? Since I have not ridden any trains, for many years, and I am new to this forum, what is the “current sorry state” that you are referring to? The answers could very well change my...

New member here. I am a retired veterinarian. I have taken 2 long, complicated, trips on Amtrak but these were many years ago. I am in the investigating/planning stage for using the USA Rail Pass. Both other times, I had a roomette for me and my husband. This time, it will be just me. I am...

I am in the process of planning to use the US Rail Pass. I have taken 2 extended vacations on Amtrak previously. This one will be, mostly, too see the USA go by my window. It isn’t the cities that I look forward to seeing, it is the country. Nature. I may have Parkinson’s disease and definitely...