Absolutely, you can bring pretty much anything that's legal as cargo. No one cares what's in your bag as long as it's not a bomb, a vial of sarin, anthrax spores, etc.
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Does anyone know if the policy on "outside" alcoholic beverages has changed in recent years?
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It has not. Also, welcome to FT!
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Originally Posted by GoAmtrak
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It has not. Also, welcome to FT!
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The Junction Pub (which is just off the Great Hall in Chicago) sometimes has good happy hour specials, so that's always an option before you board. Otherwise, if train crew catches you BYOB-ing in coach, punishment could range from casual admonition to the threat or actuality of being ejected at the next stop. It's one of the many ways Amtrak is consistently inconsistent, so it's a risky gamble IMHO.
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Originally Posted by abefroman329
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Friends and I have been able to drink in coach on the Regionals - and to excess - without any complaints from the conductor or other passengers. YMMV.
I've never been warned by Amtrak staff for drinking beer on the NYP-WAS trains that I bought in Penn Station. For that matter, I've never been bothered by them in coach on the Capitol Limited, a line I take at least once per year in coach out to northern Indiana (I typically travel coach westbound and take a sleeper eastbound). The only time I was ever hassled by Amtrak staff for drinking BYOB beer was in a coach car on the Coast Starlight 20+ years ago. |
Originally Posted by ND76
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One of my favorite sights is to walk through NY Penn Station during evening rush hour and see all the plexi-glass coolers in front of the various stores packed with ice and tall boy beer cans.
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Originally Posted by GoAmtrak
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Otherwise, if train crew catches you BYOB-ing in coach, punishment could range from casual admonition to the threat or actuality of being ejected at the next stop.
The idea of being ejected for simply BYOB-ing is an urban myth. Sipping wine out of a bike bottle won't even get you noticed. Even if you are drunk and disorderly, if you were to say "Yes sir" and quiet down and dispose of you stuff immediately, that would be the end of it. What conductor would want the hassle of calling the law and delaying the train unless absolutely necessary? |
I'm sure the other replies about the official policy are correct, but on the trains between WAS and NYP this is definitely not enforced. When they changed the policy some months ago to offer business class customers complimentary non alcoholic drinks on northeast regional service, the ticket agent mentioned that the new complimentary policy does not extend to liquor, but if you wanted to bring your own to add to your free mixer, that was your business. So...that was the ticket agent perspective on the matter.
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Originally Posted by mike0xff
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I'm sure the other replies about the official policy are correct, but on the trains between WAS and NYP this is definitely not enforced. When they changed the policy some months ago to offer business class customers complimentary non alcoholic drinks on northeast regional service, the ticket agent mentioned that the new complimentary policy does not extend to liquor, but if you wanted to bring your own to add to your free mixer, that was your business. So...that was the ticket agent perspective on the matter.
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Great thread. I'm going to have to buy a bottle of wine or a few whiskey minis for my upcoming trip on the Blue Water.
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BYOB is expressly forbidden on the Blue Water, unless you're comfortable flouting the rules. Selection and pricing will be something like this.
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Originally Posted by brewdog11
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Great thread. I'm going to have to buy a bottle of wine or a few whiskey minis for my upcoming trip on the Blue Water.
Is dining car alcohol outrageously priced? Hard liquor mini's are $7. If you are having a mixed drink, the mixer (soda, tonic, etc) is included. Beer is $5.50 (Bud), $6.50 (Heineken, Corona), $7.50 (microbrews). Wine is $6.50 (single serving) or $16.00 (half bottle). With regard to drinking your own stash, it is against policy and the conductor has the authority to put you off the train for it. While it is rare, I have witnessed that happen although it was only when the individual was obviously and obnoxiously drunk. They can also warn you and confiscate, which I have also seen happen. With that said, it varies by the conductor and chances are if you are discrete and well behaved there will not be a problem. Here is a link to the national cafe car menu: https://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/522/899...-Menu-0816.pdf |
Originally Posted by zephyr17
(Post 28415107)
The Blue Water does not carry a full dining car, it has a cafe/lounge car with counter service.
Hard liquor mini's are $7. If you are having a mixed drink, the mixer (soda, tonic, etc) is included. Beer is $5.50 (Bud), $6.50 (Heineken, Corona), $7.50 (microbrews). Wine is $6.50 (single serving) or $16.00 (half bottle). With regard to drinking your own stash, it is against policy and the conductor has the authority to put you off the train for it. While it is rare, I have witnessed that happen although it was only when the individual was obviously and obnoxiously drunk. They can also warn you and confiscate, which I have also seen happen. With that said, it varies by the conductor and chances are if you are discrete and well behaved there will not be a problem. Here is a link to the national cafe car menu: https://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/522/899...-Menu-0816.pdf |
The only time I had seen a possible problem was on the Cardinal and it was kind of funny because it was a middle aged woman buying a younger guy booze and flirting with him. The conductor eventually told them to quiet down and they did so no problem came of it.
I usually only bring one of those small bottles of Kahlua to put in my coffee at night and that's it. I have no tolerance for loud drunks. If someone is stupid enough to get drunk and loud on a train full of people then that person deserves to get thrown off a train and in the middle of no where. |
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