As others have mentioned, the Vermonter (DC to St. Albans, VT, via NYC) does allow bikes on board without the need to box them up -- they've modified the luggage nook of a regular coach on that train so that the bike's rear wheel is hung from a hook. Getting your bike on board through a coach doorway, then rounding a corner to get into the passenger compartment (while having panniers looped across my shoulders) is not as easy as simply rolling it (or handing it off) to a dedicated baggage car, but it works, and the online booking with bike was very straightforward (although they do charge an additional $20, I believe).
Here's a photo from when I took the Vermonter from New Jersey to Massachusetts for D2R2. I removed the front wheel as per instructions for the ride up, but on the return trip, the conductor let me just hang the bike intact, as there was enough room for the bike to hang. https://flic.kr/p/WHg2Z6 Bob E. Cranford, NJ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d2ff5b03-7153-4439-b487-446deae4e807%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
