Originally Posted by
pacificcyclist
The agent is correct on all accounts. It really depends on where you want to go. If on the east coast, then on some trains you may have a baggage car that can hold from 2 to 4 bicycles per train.
Yes, but my answer to "where do you want to go" is so very simple: "Anywhere I
can go!" It boggles my mind that in order to get answers, I have to name all the places I'd like to go. And if they are all places I
can't go, I would think, after I've named a dozen such places, the agent would try to help. But that is really asking too much!
As you say, some trains may have a baggage car.... The trick is to know which train, right? So I thought I'd ask. But that information appears to be kept on a need to know basis, and I, evidently, don't.
Originally Posted by
pacificcyclist
Or you travel like me with a folding bike since it is considered carry on plus I also have a folding trailer which also considered as a carry on too! Answer = always sure I get on anytime and anywhere!
Yes, it may come to that. But I commute on a folding bike, 20 miles a day, year round... and if I'm going to take a week off for a vacation, I'd like to take one of my more comfortable bikes.
Originally Posted by
VT_Speed_TR
How about Albany, NY. You couldthen ride the Mohawk trail around Albany and link up with the Erie Canal trail. Ride west, and then take the train back to NYC. From a number of towns along the trail.
Yeah... I'm actually trying to get
away from home to see some unfamiliar territory. If I could put my bike on a hook on the train and snooze for a couple hours and get off there, that would be cool. But if Amtrak is going to make me box the bike and check it as baggage and pay extra for the privilege, I need to get a bit farther than Albany. I could ride there from home in a day (albeit a long one).