East and West Glacier with bicycle?

[spinnaker]

I could have sworn either East Glacier or West Glacier did not allow bicycles to be checked. But now I check the Amtrak site, the bicycle symbol lights up with 6 spots (depending on the day of course).

Is may memory failing me or did Amtrak relax the rules on one of these stations?

Curious that Wenatchee bicycle symbol lights up but has zero spots when I am pretty certain no symbol showed before.

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[cpotisch]

I wonder if they're doing train-side checked baggage or something like that.

 

[CCC1007]

West glacier, known on BNSF as belton, is not a staffed station, but may have trainside bicycle services.

 

[TinCan782]

West glacier, known on BNSF as belton, is not a staffed station, but may have trainside bicycle services.

East Glacier is a staffed station with baggage service and storage and has bike boxes for sale.

 

[spinnaker]

You hand the bike to an attendant on the EB so you really don't need luggage service. But not sure if the attendant works at the station on on the EB. My guess is they work for the station.

The bikes go in the baggage car on the EB. Is the platform long enough for passengers to access the baggage car in West Glacier?

So if it is not staffed how are they loading bikes? Or maybe they are going to the CL model where you hang your bike in the Coach Bag?

 

[spinnaker]

Found this on the amtrak site

https://www.amtrak.com/bring-your-bicycle-onboard

WIN and WGL are unstaffed but will offer bike service.