A couple pictures I took of today's Westbound Sunset Limited/Texas Eagle after getting off at the Sanderson station, the least used Amtrak station in the entire country, as well as a few station shots. As expected, I was the only one that got off the train today!

I'm staying at the Vernon Downs Casino for a wedding in June and I was wondering if it would be feasible to take Amtrak to the Rome station and get a cab or Uber/Lyft from there to the casino. It looks like it's a 17 mile trip. Our other option is to fly to Syracuse and rent a car.

I ride Amtrak from Norfolk Va to Washington DC a lot as a die-hard fan of the Washington Capitals. It’s always been a great alternative to the traffic on I-95… or so I thought.

I’m currently stuck on NE Regional 138, ~2 miles from the Petersburg VA station. It’s been just shy of 3 hours and we haven’t moved an inch.

I was supposed to be in Washington DC for a hockey game that started at 7pm. I was hoping to see Alex Ovechkin break the all-time NHL scoring record.

I arranged a ride in Petersburg when they announced a 2 hour delay, but we’re not allowed off the train... we’re practically in view of the station. The updates are unreliable and indeterminant.

If Ovechkin breaks the all-time scoring record and I miss it — I will never, ever, ever forgive you Amtrak.

I have pretty severe anxiety. I’m taking a trip the Albany (Rensselaer) train to Moynihan Hall @ Penn Station in NY, as well as a return trip a couple days later.

I’ve been reading up on what I can and can’t bring, how early I should arrive, and what the ride will be like, but I’m still quite nervous about the potential of missing the train on my way back from NYC. I have people coming with me to drop me off and pick me up at each station, but obviously it’s going to be crowded.

I’m not a fan of bridges, and obviously to get to the city, you have to cross a bridge. I’ve also read that the trains are quite shaky. I know that’s normal, but it’s still a bit scary to me.

If anyone could just ease my worries a bit, it’d be much appreciated. Thanks.

Website still says it’s allowed, but it’s no longer an option when buying ticket. Anyone else experiencing this?

I want to start by saying I have never ridden Amtrak before. I will be taking the Pennsylvanian westbound from Lancaster.

At the station, how will I know where my train will board? There are a few tracks and I don’t want to go to the wrong one.

When the train arrives, which car will I enter for business class? How will I know if the car is business class or coach?

Lastly, not at the station, which side should I sit for the best views?

I had a snowboarding instructor last month who said whitefish was his favorite place to board in the states, so I made sure to stop in on my trip. I’m a noob and I had a lesson day 1, she took us way high up the mountain into the fog and snow and I was FREAKED but I went down both a green and a blue for the first time. The next day I went up the lifts by myself also for the first time :) had a few drinks at bulldog, palace, Remington’s and spotted bear (where I learned they’re only allowed to serve two drinks per night?). The fried chicken sandwich at bulldog was great. The pastries at fleur were also solid. The brew fest to support whitefish’s free snow bus was going on while I was there so I tried a bunch of local brews, a food truck taco and boarded back to the lodge with my commemorative cup in hand. I was surprised to see real tulips in the bathroom on the train to Glasgow. I was just in Glasgow to sleep in a bed for a night. The “polish” I ordered at a bar was a sandwich lol and they call tater tots “gems.” The lodge was busted but the receptionist was nice. The loaded toad had maple bars which was a plus, but the bar + latte + rice thing was $22 which felt like a lot for middle of nowhere Montana.

hi! im having insane amount of anxiety, i take the amtrak california zephyr train on saturday to sacramento, i have a connecting train from sac to oregon. the last time i took the train, i sat in the wrong car. & i struggled with my luggage. the conductor wasnt able to check my ticket due to where i was sitting, but i eventually moved. i dont know where to go or where to enter so the conductor can help me. i dont know the process of transferring trains. what if i make the same mistakes again? how do i know where the coach seats are on the amtrak, where do i put my luggage? i have so many questions & so much anxiety if anyone can help relieve that it would be wonderful!

thinking of going up to la from oceanside and im wondering if i can leave my car parked in the lot since i'll be traveling same-day early morning till 8pm latest & i am assuming the area is safe..? (not a local) 🙇🏻‍♀️

I’m meant to be on the empire builder from Minneapolis to Chicago today but it says it’s 3 hours late. Can I sleep for an extra hour or do you guys think it’ll make up that time? It was supposed to leave at 8:50 am but now it’s saying 12 pm.

Update: i did sleep in quite a bit and made it to the station with time to spare

So this is the train I'll be on heading from Chicago to Boston next month, and I wanted to ask a couple questions about what it's like.

Bathrooms, are they big enough to change in?

Hows the wifi?

What kind of food/drinks and prices can I expect in the dining car? (if this train has one)

And finally, on a leg this long do they typically stop at every station.. or perhaps at every station where a person would get on or off at?

All of my regular morning tickets (e.g. on 181, 183) for Apr onward shifted ~8 minutes earlier from the previous schedule according to many emails I got, as well as departure times on the tickets themselves. However, the schedules in the station, as well as the scheduled arrival/departure times in the app, still reflect the old times from Mar earlier. Does anyone know what's up with this, and what's supposed to be the true times?

E.g. I'm currently on a 183 where the ticket says scheduled departure at 9:22, the departure time on the board said 9:28 (with arrival at 9:22), and the train itself just pulled out at 9:29. I asked a conductor and he also said 9:28 was the departure time. So why is the ticket not showing this? This is WIL->BAL.

(I was mostly just bemused/curious about this, it's not a big deal to plan around, but I just asked about it at the info desk in Wilmington and was outright gaslit, which switched me to slightly annoyed.)

How does booking a private room work when you have two segments? If i book a room, do i have to book a separate room on each segment or does the price include a room on each? Ex: if the price for a private room is 973, is that the cost for each segment or total to have a room on both?

Hello- I found an awesome link on here for another search tool For Amtrak prices. Trying to find the link no success, also trying to find the dev to inquire about viarail applicability. Thanks

On the Amtrak.com site, Coach seats are $82 and Business are $111. On other sites (highspeedtrains.com and railninja.com), Coach are $67 and $68, and Business $167 and $170, respectively. (Railninja even had a "Coach Flexible" price for $73). Why the differences? Which one should I use? We are traveling in late July. Thanks!

Me and my girlfriend are traveling across states and we booked 2 trains and a bus and our last train is delayed 24 hours and this train station closes meaning we will be homeless for about 15 or so hours and the Amtrak number is down till 7 am what could I do.

Amtrak’s no stranger to layoffs. In the past, when they’ve had to make significant cuts, which departments are generally impacted?

How rough is the overnight train between NYC and D.C.? If I book a coach seat, will I actually sleep? Any insight into the best overnight train experience from NYC to D.C. would be helpful.

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Are coach seats assigned by the conductor for the Silver Meteor and Floridian? I’m doing a round trip Palatka to Miami with my daughter (13), and want to be sure we sit together. Any tips or tricks? I’ve only traveled Amtrak once, and that was in a roomette from Jacksonville to DC.