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    Cardinal discussion

    My wife who is 17 yrs younger won't allow me to take the upper bedroom bunk. What she loves about the Cardinal is the easier access and having her own window up there. I appreciate the high ceiling and the extra space but wow these bedrooms (PHL-CHI) are getting very expensive and they still...
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    Cardinal discussion

    Somewhat agree but the food there is FAR better than flex. Try Cava Bowl for some good mediterranean dishes, East Street cafe for some home style cooking, then you have Chipotle, Pot Belly Sandwiches, Pret, Blue Bottle (for fresh coffee/ espresso) and bring it back to the train.. We would be...
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    Cardinal discussion

    The Cardinal is a small train. Its consist is typically one sleeper, one cafe (diner lite), a baggage dorm car, two coaches pulled by a single engine. The dining is prepared packaged reheated "flex meals" that IMO are not very good. If you board going to Chicago and before Washington, DC the...
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    Hi there!

    Welcome to the Amtrak forum Lisa; a really nice place for rail travelers. Since joining many years ago this forum and its members has provided great tips with important information that has helped make our Amtrak travel experience far better. Hope that it does the same for yourself.
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    Auto Train discussion 2023 Q4 - 2024

    I say would say to Amtrak that you cannot continue to charge First Class prices on the Autotrain and provide forth class service. It sounds as though they do not have the equipment or the personnel to provide quality service. On other routes the going seems reasonably good so there is work that...
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    New train (40-41 Floridian) between Miami and Chicago via Washington DC

    I cannot see this new Floridian attracting many travelers from Chicago to Miami. The original Floridian/ South Wind train was one overnight over two days. The new route would make this two overnights over three days. I don't believe that is a good move. Furthermore, the old route stopped at...
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    Reading and Northern Tourist Train

    We did the trip from Port Clinton to Jim Thorpe Pennsylvania yesterday. The scenery was nice and the trip was pleasant. We traveled in one of the Budd RDC cars that had a cafe that served hot coffee and snacks. Trip was about an hour and 40 minutes and it was very nice. I will be posting...
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    Reading and Northern Tourist Train

    In Pennsylvania there is a 400 mile freight and tourist railroad based out of Port Clinton, PA called the Reading Blue Mountain, and Northern Railroad. It was the brainchild of Andy Muller who purchased an old PRR line and built it into strong regional railroad that currently serves 80...
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    Hotels convenient to Amtrak

    Right you are. $200-$300/night is what hotels are charging these days. In resort areas the price can go even higher.
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    Amtrak bustitution discussion

    This past May on our way back from Winslow/Flagstaff, AZ the SW Chief was delayed about 2 hours for a private car attachment in Alburqueque. Then we were delayed again at Kansas City when they took the private car off the train. Already late into the journey the train was stopped for a freight...
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    Fare Buckets discussion 2023 Q4 - 2024

    Amtrak pricing has surely gone up to the highest levels that we have seen. Price a cross country bedroom trip and it can be as high as $7000 in spring and summer. Yikes!
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    DOJ Cites NS for Crescent Delays

    When passenger rail became way smaller in the 1960's and 1970's many freight railroads did in fact rip up their two track lines and went to single tracks. The PRR Broadway Ltd was a prime example that was once two tracks through Ohio, Indiana and om to Chicago. Now its only a single track NS...
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    AGR website comes up in Chinese

    AGR still comes up in Chinese no matter what I do. I can choose English and still get Chinese. What the heck in happening? Amtrak is an American service. While people of all ethnicities use it, the main language here is still English.
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    AGR website comes up in Chinese

    Even if you check off English as of this moment still seeing AGR site coming up in Chinese. This is terrible.
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    Amtrak consists 2024

    Last LD trip this May. Cardinal and SW Chief both had sleepers at the front. Its is always a pain when you board at a station along the route. You set yourself up preparing for where the sleepers will be and you end up have a long run at the last moment. At times the lounge attendants at PHL...
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