Hi Jon, I brought my 60cm Platypus on the NE Regional from NYC to Philly a few months ago. It was a bit of a challenge to get it into the hanging bike cubby, but it did fit. I had to turn the bars 45 degrees to get the front end of the bike to swing back into the space after hooking the rear wheel onto the hanger. The other challenge was removing the front wheel while other passengers were trying to get around me in aisle, so in hindsight I probably would have completed this step before boarding.
I'll second Melanie's point - when not being used for bikes, the bike storage spaces have luggage racks that other passengers will leave their bags in. I just asked a conductor for help, and he removed the bags and swung the luggage racks out of the way for me. Hope this helps! Alex On Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 8:01:09 AM UTC-4 Melanie wrote: > You should also be prepared to remove people's bags from the bike storage > area that you need to use. > > On Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 1:16:33 PM UTC-4 Kesler Roberts wrote: > >> I've taken a bike on that route a couple of times but only north of DC >> and my experience has been that they have a hanging rack (one per car) and >> it is terrible but manageable. You have to remove the front wheel and any >> panniers or other larger bags and hang the bike from the rear wheel. You >> might get lucky though and have a train that lets you put the bike in a >> luggage car but I don't know that you can find out beforehand what you're >> going to get. >> >> On Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 11:33:39 AM UTC-4 Jonathan Carmack wrote: >> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> Sorry for a question that may have already been answered or is highly >>> specific (mayhaps), but have any of yall brought your Rivendell, onto the >>> Northeast Regiona? I’m looking to do a point to point ride, and will be >>> going from Union Station in DC to Culpepper. If you can share your >>> experience with this, especially given the long wheelbase of something like >>> the Gallop which I will be bringing. >>> >>> Is there are a luggage car? Can I hang the bike myself? You’d think this >>> would be discernible from the website but I guess it’s even line and >>> station dependent. >>> >>> Much appreciated >>> >>> - Jon c >>> >> -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9537aa59-c8ce-4f38-9a49-d6480d25ccben%40googlegroups.com.
