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From: Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: Daytime running light popularity
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:47:30 -0500
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Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> writes:

> On 11/11/2024 3:08 PM, Radey Shouman wrote:
>> Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> writes:
>>>> Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>> There is zero passenger train service here. We once took Amtrak
>>>>> home
>>>>> from Oregon. At that time, we were able to get off in the center of
>>>>> Youngstown, but that's not been true for many, many years.
>>>>> Interestingly, our bikes couldn't be unloaded here. We had to later
>>>>> drive to Pittsburgh to fetch them.
>>>
>>> At that time (at least) Amtrak required fitting the bikes into boxes,
>>> which involved a bit of work, given that we had full camping
>>> loads. And yes, they were in a separate baggage car that we couldn't
>>> access when we departed the train.
>> I used Amtrak for one leg of bike trip in 2021.  We put the bikes in
>> a
>> dedicated area of a car at the rear of the train.  I think they might
>> have hung from hooks, but can't really remember.
>> We were able to get to them when underway, to stash or retrieve
>> stuff.
>> We had been warned that if too many people showed up and wanted to move
>> bicycles that there might not be room, there was no reservation or extra
>> charge for bicycles.
> That was usually how we found things when traveling in Europe.
>
> I think some U.S. bike advocacy groups have been trying to get Amtrak
> to make traveling with bikes easier. Maybe they've succeeded.

I can't say.  My only other experience with Amtrak was being refused a
ticket because it looked like snow.  No bicycle that time.


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