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Now I'm pretty sure we know some things about busy days such as the day before Thanksgiving, Sunday after Thanksgiving, or locations such as Princeton Junction, but I've had more questions regarding this topic's name. Are there any other days that are very busy during the year besides the days...

Even though I am a huge railfan I've always wondred what causes "rolling blackouts" on some Amtrak trains that use electric locos. What I mean is when were cruising along and then suddenly all the power is lost the fans stop, the DC Outlets lose power, and the lights flicker or turn off. Is this...

Cumberland is about a 20 minute stop for smoking breaks.

I know there have been several of these topics before but does anybody know for sure when the last AEM-7 will run? Anyone have any predictions?

Usually not unless I really want to fet a picture of the sonething in the consist.

Does Amtrak do this due to the Cardinal having less travel during winter?

Hallo, does anybody think Amtrak's policy on no tripods near or on the platform is flat out stupid? Seriosly, las Saturday I was at NLC trying to catch 82 when some idiot Amtrak Policeman yelled at me for filming and caused me screw up my shot, so I was forced to use my iPhone to record. Why...

I see these are mostly daytime trains, but I still think 16 hours on a train regardless of day or night people will be tired and would still sleep no matter what time

Hi, does anybody think certain trains are too long to go without the option of a sleeper? I think there are some routes that should, because assuming you would traveling from one endpoint to another endpoint, or a point thats near the endpoint could indeed be quite a long time without having a...

I not sure if it will be guarenteed, even though you have sleeping accomidations it would only apply to the first portion of your trip arriving at Chicago but since on your trip west you don't have coach tickets they might not let you in. The train you are taking with sleeping accomidations must...

I see now, I did not know that the Keystone was supposed to be Commuter-Rail-Like. Now that I know I realize the lack of food service, and due to the Common Wealth of PA in a crisis that can also explain why. Thank you for the reply I appreciate it.

Hello, does anybody think that Keystone trains to and from New York need food service coaches? 4 hours seems to be a long time with no food and even worse there is no Business Class at all. Does Amtrak think the Keystone is too short to have a cafe, or is it a shortage of food service cars?

Hello, has anyone noticed how the Amfleet II coaches are positioned so that the last amfleet coach in a consist, has the no door portion of the coach at the rear? If so why is Amtrak doing this?

http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/544/78/Silver-Star-Cafe-Menu-1015.pdf This should work

Anybody noticed on Amtrak's website that the Silver Star now has its own seperate cafe menu? Before when you viewed the cafe menu it just redirected tp the national but now it seems to just be a clone of the NER cafe menu