Recent content by espeefoamer

When L.A. had the Olympics in 1984,Amtrak had no extra service. RTD rented a lot of extra busses, though.

I had always understood that beef pork or chicken could be BBQed. Shows what this guy stuck in So Cal knows. Now that the L.A. county fair is going on I am getting plenty of BBQ since I have a season pass. :)

It's about time. Guns are allowed in checked baggage ONLY! The owner has no access to his gun(s) until retrieving luggage at the end of the trip. Proud to be a non gun owning member of the NRA :) .

I had just gooten to work on the bus,and a lady ttold me,"Did you hear what happened? Someone flew a plane into the World Trade Center." At the time I thought some guy had flown his Cessna into the building. She then said" no, it was terrorists. They flew an airliner into the building." We all...

There has been talk about UP reopening the line west of Phoenix and the Sunset returning to that route. I hope this happens as Phoenix definately needs rail service.

Amtrak used to have a Washington-New York set out sleeper on its overnight train between Washington and Boston. One could board the car in NYP in the evening,which would be picked up southbound somewhere around 1-2 AM. This also worked northbound as your car would be set out and you would wake...

I had the flatiron steak on the "Tehachapi" Starlight last January,and it was good,but still not quite as good as the New York strip steak Amtrak served many years ago.

You read these posts long enough,you see everything! I can't imagine anyone picking the UP through Wyoming over the D&RGW through Colorado. "THROUGH the Rockies,not around them!!!"

I'd like to take that trip just for the AGR points! :lol:

Back in the early 90s a couple of friends and I made a cross country trip in early February using the Texas Eagle,Capital Limited.Northeast Regional,Lake Shore Limited,and Desert Wind. We only saw a light dusting of snow the first day in Arizona,and a very brief and light snowfall at Winter Park...

Yes,all Amtrak trains use Penn Station. This is the only station used by Amtrak in Manhattan.

I was riding the eastbound Texas Eagle through Arkansas one night watching a thunderstorm far off to the east. I watched the storm for many miles. The worst thunderstorm I saw while travelling,was on a Greyhound bus one night in Arizona,between San Diego and Tucson.

The longest train train ride I took before Amtrak was on the San Joaquin and Coast Daylights in 1961,when I was 9. This was before the dreaded Automats,so we had a real diner,which was probably a Coffee Shop car. I remember having pancakes for breakfast on the San Joaquin Daylight. At this time...

I rode to Santa Barbara in a refurbished Superliner car last Monday. I didn't go downstairs to check out the restrooms. I don't remember the name either,but it was a Grove series.

Does Union have a track connection to the north? At King St. trains can run through between Portland and Vancouver,BC.