I'll be taking Amtrak to Oregon in July for a trip on the coast and want to use my Optimus liquid fuel stove during the tour.
Does anyone have any recent experience with transporting a stove and or fuel bottles on Amtrak? The prohibited items on their website seems to indicate they won't allow it but I want to check to see if anyone has been able to transport either.

I'm sure checked bags would be the only possibility but I'm wondering if the stove can contain fuel or if a Sig bottle of Coleman fuel will be accepted at all. If they don't accept anything with fuel, do they have a problem with an empty stove? How about a stove like a MSR and untapped fuel canisters?

I just came back from a trip to Southern California on Amtrak. I had a backpacking stove and Snow Peak (isobutane) fuel canister in my backpack, which I took as carry-on baggage. They didn't inspect anyone's baggage or even ask what was inside, so I imagine you wouldn't have a problem so long as your fuel container is leakproof and can withstand pressure changes due to elevation. I also packed a knife and trekking poles.

Yeah, pretty much the same story here. It didn't occur to me to ask before carrying my Pocket Rocket and a couple iso-butane cartridges.

If the fuel is your concern, why not just carry empty bottles and fill up at your destination? I can't imagine Amtrak would have any issues with an unfueled stove. My experience has been the same as both other replies, no one checked and I didn't offer not that I was even thinking about it at the time. The truth is that if you carry fuel canisters that are unopened, they are probably as flammable as a can of hair spray and that doesn't even raise an eyebrow.

I have use the Mass. Commuter trains and even with my fuel bottle in a water bottle cage, they never even questioned it.make sure the botttles are well sealed and bury them in a bag. The dont ask, you dont tell

I have taken the Pocket Rocket, with two canisters without incident.