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- Itinerary (or scroll below)
- Coast Starlight
- Los Angeles to Seattle 1,403 miles
- Seattle
- Empire Builder - Seattle to Chicago 2,205 miles
- Chicago
- Capitol Limited - Chicago to Washington, DC 780 miles
- Washington, DC
- Carolinian - Washington, DC to Charlotte, North Carolina 479
miles
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Crescent - Charlotte to New Orleans 776 miles*
- New Orleans
- Sunset Limited - New Orleans to Los Angeles 1,995 miles
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Total Rail Miles: 7,638
* This reservation was originally made for
about $590.00, since we did not have enough AGR points for this
segment. After getting a new Amtrak credit card, I received
20,000 pts. I asked if I could use those points and the agent
said, "Yes, with a 10% deduction making the trip $59." I made the
change and received a $532 refund. That gave me a bit more in the
budget for rooms off the train.
Itinerary for
America by Amtrak - Coast-to-Coast and
Border-to-Border
July, 2015 Amtrak Guest Rewards: 1-800-307-5000
Photography and Report by Carl Morrison - Carl@TrainWeb.com
Inside cover of the Winter-Spring 2016 Amtrak System Timetable
Dark background numbers represent page numbers for each route.
Rumor has it that this excellent 136-page document will no
longer be published, so you may need to go to:
https://www.amtrak.com/train-schedules-timetables for individual named
train schedules.
Day 1 Tues.
July 5
8:22 am Leave Fullerton, California, Amtrak Station to LA on SURFLINER
No. 763
8:57 am Arrive LA
10:10 am Leave LA on COAST STARLIGHT 14 to Seattle Room 4 Car
1430 (15,000 pts.)
Stay: Onboard
Los Angeles (Fullerton) to Seattle -
COAST STARLIGHT
Midnight COAST STARLIGHT at Sacramento
8:12 pm Arrive Seattle (or 10:12 if trackwork delay in Klamath Falls)
Stay: Courtyard Seattle Downtown/Pioneer Square
612 2nd Avenue, Seattle,
Washington
206-625-1111
Check in 3 check out noon
Day 3 Thurs.
July 7
July 7th.
Shutter Tours Pick
up at 10 AM at the Courtyard Pioneer Square.
Snoqualmie Falls and City Tour - 2 Tours in One!
Terry Divyak
Owner, Shutter Tours
Phone: 425-516-8838
Email: divyak@mac.com
Website: www.shuttertours.com
Personal website: www.terrydivyak.com
4:40 pm EMPIRE BUILDER No. 8 to Chicago Room 7 Car 831 (20,000
pts. Total from me 35,000)
Stay: Onboard EMPIRE BUILDER
Midnight EMPIRE BUILDER Spokane, Washington
Seattle to Chicago - EMPIRE
BUILDER
Day 4 Fri. July
8
EMPIRE BUILDER
Midnight Devils Lake, North Dakota
Stay: Onboard EMPIRE BUILDER
Day 5 Sat July 9
3:55 pm Arrive Chicago
Stay:
Day 6
Bob’s Sun July 10
Activity: Bob Williams
Day
7 Mon. July 11
6:40 pm Capitol Limited Room 4 Car 3000 (20,000 pts.).
Midnight Capitol Limited
Stay: On Capitol Limited
Chicago to Washington, DC -
Capitol Limited
Arrive Washington, DC 1:05 pm
Stay: Stay: Holiday Inn Express and Suites, Washington DC NE
1917 Bladensburg Road NE
Washington, DC 20002
202-266 9000
Tour: Gray Line
bburden@martzgroup.com
DC
After Dark Tour on July 12th
7 to 10 pm Be present at our Union Station office by the
time the tour is scheduled to depart to guarantee ridership on the
tour. 50 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20002, on the Bus
Terminal Level.
Day 9 Wed. July
13 Washington, DC
Stay: (Same as above)
Day 10
Thurs. July 14
10:53 am Leave Washington, DC on CAROLINIAN 79 Coach
(11,000 pts.)
8:12 pm Arrive Charlotte, NC
Station: Charlotte, NC (CLT)
Station Building (with waiting room)
1914 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28206
Stay: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Charlotte
895 W. Trade Street
Charlotte, NC, 28202-1122, US
Washington, DC to Charlotte, North Carolina -
CAROLINIAN
Matt flys to Santa Ana LV. Charlotte 7:40 a.m. to preach at Glendora
United Methodist Church in California.
See: Beth and Robbie and Baby (Leave for train station at
night.)
Day 13
Sunday, July 17
2:45 a.m. Leave Charolette, NC on CRESCENT No. 19 Roomette
5 Car 1910
Stay: Onboard CRESCENT
Noon: Birmingham, AL
Arrive 7:32 pm New Orleans, LA
Stay: Holiday Inn - Superdome
330 Loyola Avenue New
Orleans, Louisiana 70112 United States
Book online or call: 1 800 315
2621
Charolotte, NC to New Orleans -
CRESCENT
Ride the St. Charles streetcars.
Matt AR. from Santa Ana at 8 p.m. where he preached and played the
organ at Glendora United Methodist Church in California on the previous
day.
Day 15 Tuesday,
July 19
New Orleans
Possible Activities: Horse surrey tour of French Quarter, Cafe duMonde
delicious beniets.
Stay: (Same as last 2 nights)
Day 16
Wednesday, July 20 Mon., Wed., or Sat.
9:00 am Leave New Orleans, LA on SUNSET LIMITED No. 1 CAR 30
ROOM 7
Stay: SUNSET LIMITED
Midnight, San Antonio
New Orleans to Los Angeles (Fullerton) -
SUNSET
LIMITED
Onboard SUNSET LIMITED
Midnight: Yuma, AZ
Day 18 Friday,
July 22
5:35 AM Arrive Los Angeles
6:44 am SURFLINER Business Class No. 562 to Fullerton
Reservations Agent at AGR Jeanine Holley, Empl. No. 5657
