In a message dated 2000-10-18 11:10:44 Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >From the Amtrak page on baggage policy:
>
> Amtrak offers checked baggage service at many stations and on many
> trains and Amtrak Thruway buses throughout the country. Each ticketed
> passenger may check three pieces, not to exceed 50 pounds (23 kg) per
> piece, at no charge. A maximum of three additional pieces, and
> overweight items up through 75 pounds (34 kg), will be accepted upon
> payment of a surcharge. Oversize items checked to destinations served by
> Amtrak Thruway buses are subject to delay; tandem bicycles are not
> handled on buses.
>
> Jim
I should probably point out that this paragraph, and a number of other
similar situations throughout various Amtrak brochures, timetables, posters,
ticket envelopes, etc, was put in there by, well, modesty prevents me. (I
started doing this around 1995.)
Carleton MacDonald
