Originally Posted by
Ocrebels
Wow, how cool is that. We could kill for something like that on the west coast. Amtrak out here considers cyclists as a "necessary evil" and goes out of their way to make it difficult to take our bikes anywhere within their system. When a train pulls in with 6 cars and only 1 car has 3 bike hooks, that is a very sad state of affairs.
Back in 2000 (last time I road Amtrak from San Diego to the OC) the Pacific Surfliner staff used to be very accomodating of bicyclists on the weekends - bring a few bungee cords or tiedown straps and you could store your bike anywhere it was feasable in the rear car. They were pretty restrictive on weekdays, but that was to be expected with the heavy M-F commuter traffic. Things must have changed since then.