The seat checks ARE standardized across the railroad. In fact, they are no different from the ones they used back when they used to take ticket stubs.

Also, where the hell do I find tape on board the train? If I put my ticket on the slot next to the seat check, or leave it out in the open anywhere, I'd have a problem if it's not there when the conductor comes by to check it.

I wanted to use the app, but the iPhone app does not handle multi-city tickets correctly. It crashes when I try to bring up the barcode. It showed leg 1 as the outbound, and leg 2 as the return, and leg 3 probably makes it crash.