My son who is out in CA will be taking the train from Emeryville to Chicago next week (8/15/12). He is overly shy so I have some questions to help him get around. I was told to have him ask a Red Cap for help after he is out on the platform (assuming I can get him to do so). However Amtrak does not list Emeryville as having Red Cap service - so do they??? He won't need anyone to really carry bags, he'll have 3 carry-ons but he could probably manage but we are concerned about him finding the right train and then knowing where he can sit. I guess help getting the carry ons into the overhead storage would be helpful too. They need to stay near where he sits since 2 of them will be his computer (tower) and monitor (masquerading as a laptop), the third being food and stuff to do for 51 hours.
My second question is if he won't ask a Red Cap for help, once he is out on the platform how will he recognize his train? Are they clearly marked (like on each car)? or is it just on the engine? And if he finds his train how will he know which car he can sit in? He just has a standard ticket, nothing fancy. Also if I can get him to leave his seat to go for food (and not just eat the "junk" he will probably bring with him) how will he locate the Lounge car?
Thanks for any help you can give me.
My second question is if he won't ask a Red Cap for help, once he is out on the platform how will he recognize his train? Are they clearly marked (like on each car)? or is it just on the engine? And if he finds his train how will he know which car he can sit in? He just has a standard ticket, nothing fancy. Also if I can get him to leave his seat to go for food (and not just eat the "junk" he will probably bring with him) how will he locate the Lounge car?
Thanks for any help you can give me.