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S. MacDougle from Hoosier, IN on 4/25/2014 1:33:37 PM:
I am thinking about taking Amtrak to Cumberland and scheduled to arrive mid morning on a Thursday How far can a reasonably fit person get on the by the end of Friday assuming an overnight stay somewhere on Thursday night? Is it all down hill? Will be renting equipment. Where ever I land my son will come meet me on Saturday and we will be on toward Georgetown where he lives. Or is there an Amtrak station closer to Georgetown??
 
lenny on 4/25/2014 5:12:32 PM:
Assuming 60 or so miles per day, Harpers Ferry, which has a RR Station.
 
Greg K from Chicago on 5/2/2014 10:26:15 AM:
Cumberland to Harpers Ferry took me two full days with a stop in Hancock for the night, 60-65 miles a day as Lenny says. Coming from Indiana - I'm guessing on the Capitol Limited - you get to Pittsburgh around 5AM (which is where I started), but by the time you get to Cumberland you'll really need to hoof it to get 65 miles and still have any light on your first day.
 
Paul from Quincy, IL on 6/1/2014 8:08:57 PM:
I hope you realize you can't take a regular bike to Cumberland via Amtrak since it doesn't have baggage service. A folding bike will work.

If you can surmount this obstacle, you might check whether there are still overnight accommodations in Paw Paw. Unless the train is grossly late, you should be able to make it that far.
 
Rugger from Arlington, VA on 6/3/2014 12:27:55 PM:
Consider DRIVING your bike and equipment to Cumberland, then driving back to DC, leaving your car at the airport, taking the subway to Union Station, and then taking the train to Cumberland. I did this, only just went as far as Harper's Ferry, spent day/night there, then rode back to DC/the airport over a three day period, stopping along the way, camping on the C&O. As to how much you can travel each day, a loaded bike is a LOT slower than a casual weekend ride, and the bike trail west of Great Falls gets more and more rough, and 20 miles west of Georgetown is overgrown with roots, grass, rutted. I did well making thirty miles a day.
 
getoutandoit from linthicum md on 6/7/2014 11:37:10 AM:
C&o bicycle offers a shuttle service. that i have used several times. Prices are very reasonable.They will take and pick you up any where along the trail.It is well worth it.

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