Good show, Carleton! If we keep getting these bits sprinkled about
enough, people become used to seeing them and then it's not a shock when
we officially make the final transition.
Jim
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>
> 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
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