A trick I use for finding something on a particular website is to use the "site:amtrak.com" option that Google (and most likely other search engines) provide. You simply type your search query in the usual place but add the site: option like this:
quote: site:amtrak.com printed timetables
-------------------- Geoff M. Posts: 2426 | From: Apple Valley, CA | Registered: Sep 2000
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The cumbersome way is to, on the Amtrak home page, hold your cursor (don't click) over the orange PLAN tab. You then get a drop-down box with the option," Planning and Booking". Click and you will see "Order and Contact Amtrak Publications". Click and you see where you can order the timetable booklet.
I tried 3 times, last Feb., to order the timetable. You have to retype a wavy word and a legible word. I couldn't read the wavy word so I typed only the legible word. Never received the timetable in the mail. I wound up calling the Amtrak 800 number, hit "0" a couple of times, and ordered through a live agent.
Richard
Posts: 1909 | From: Santa Rosa | Registered: Jan 2004
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Thanks, Yukon -- I will do what you suggest. Last time I ordered a timetable through the web site, I received it within a week or so.
Posts: 2428 | From: Grayling, MI | Registered: Mar 2002
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I got my timetable a couple days ago, but it was the summer (effective June 9, 2014) timetable, which I already have!
Didn't AMTRAK publish a winter timetable this year effective with the change back to Standard Time?
Posts: 2428 | From: Grayling, MI | Registered: Mar 2002
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Not anymore; "the railroad tradition" died a few years ago. Next one will be "Winter Spring" issued in January.
Posts: 9981 | From: Clarendon Hills, IL USA (BNSF Chicago Sub MP 18.71) | Registered: Apr 2002
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