Seattlest: Taking Amtrak to Portland? Don't Plan on Checking Luggage

James Callan

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:52:49 -0800

I'm pro-maintenance, but when you don't take Amtrak all that often stuff like "no baggage check" comes as a surprise. That info could be a little more prominent on their website and other publicity material -- my wife had bought her tickets without hearing about it, and only thought to check because of the foaf grapevine. They're still our favorite way to get to PDX, though.

Weazul

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:40:12 -0800

The maintenance they're performing (and have been for a little while now) on the Talgo cars was prompted due finding cracks in the frames of the passenger cars. So it's a very good thing they are fixing them. Does anyone know of the superlines (which it seems they've thrown in to replace the talgo cars) have TV screens?

sevenless

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:54:53 -0800

Actually I've been pleasantly surprised a couple of times by the movies on the Cascades trains. Once I watched my row-mate's pirated version of one of the Harry Potter movies, so there's that too. It's the Cafe car that's worthless, with their $5 bagels, sugar-free yogurt, and only Pepsi products. It's Amtrak's version of Hell's barbecue.