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[quote user="mskaty"] Thank you so much for your input.  Hopefully this trip will be as fun as I have envisioned.  I'm still a little concerned about checking my baggage.  The Amtrak agent said I could, but the Maricopa station does not offer baggage service according to the Amtrak station guide.  So, who takes the baggage off the train?  Yes, we realize that we arrive in Maricopa at 0 dark 30.  Actually my daughter lives within 2 miles of the station, so that won't be a problem. We lived in Arizona for many years, my husband ran Nissan's proving ground there in Maricopa. There wasn't much there then except cattle yards, the Ak Chin Indian Village and Nissan.  Today, it's a wildly growing city with beautiful new home developments and shopping centers. Thanks again for your help. [/quote] According the the Amtrak Timetable for the Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle, which is the same train west of San Antonio, the Maricopa Station is staffed.  It accepts checked baggage, which means that if you check a bag through from Fort Worth it will be taken off the train at Maricopa. If you check a bag, you will not have access to it during the trip.  Accordingly, you should take your personal and toilet items with you to your room.  As a rule there is ample room in the lower level of the car to store a bag or two.  However, as I mentioned, if the sleeper is sold out, which is a possibility over Thanksgiving, finding space in the baggage area may be difficult.  You can take one or two relatively small bags into your roomette, but it takes a bit of juggling to make them fit. One responder said that a bedroom is more comodious than a roomette.  This is true, but the price is considerably higher.  For example, to book a roomette today from Fort Worth to Maricopa would cost $191 whereas the bedroom would set you back $452.  These are the accommodation charges; the railfare would be in addition and probably close to what you booked.  Your daughter can call Amtrak to determine whether the train is on time.  Or she can logon to <A href="http://www.amtrak.com/">www.amtrak.com</A> and use the dialog box near the bottom of the home page to get the arrival status of your train.  The data is the same that would be used by the telephone status line.
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