That's amazing, amtcndtr35. I checked the Amtrak web site and it says children as young as 8 can ride unaccompanied. I don't see how you keep them from getting off at the wrong stop. I ride the Northeast Corridor. I've seen some strange characters get on, and get booted off at the next stop. Also, around the 4th of July I can count on seeing thieves jump on at Newark, NJ, grab the chemical light sticks out of the fire extinguisher box, and run away. They could grab a kid just as easily. As you say, you are just not staffed sufficiently to see everything at once.