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    Amtrak Solar Eclipse viewing April 8 2024

    Saw the 2017 one on Public Square here in Cleveland using a pinhole contraption that i made up on the spot, surprised at the people who stopped to see it through my thingie (i was too late to get glasses)...have already bought glasses this time and signed up as a volunteer for several of the...
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    Pioneer and three others coming back?

    My absolute favorite route, zephyr to slc and then north! i lived in caldwell, id, which was not a "stop"but was a crew change, so i was able to show my son and my bff where i lived (college of idaho), and then the glorious snake and columbia rivers to seattle...bring it back (and the desert...
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    Coast to Coast, and South to North, a first Amtrak trip

    I love Seattle, so much to do and see in that area.
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    Washington DC Union Station facilities, convenience and experiences

    disagree...many trips to dc make me happy about the location of union station...i can walk to my favorite hotel and almost all of the tourist attractions; i can take a metro to a shopping center or even a hotel not "downtown" but near a supermarket and fast food...i love dc!
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    Amtrak asks TSA to start screening rail passengers

    with "liberty" comes responsibility not "infringement"
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    Amtrak dining and cafe service

    make believe you rode amtrak in coach "back in the day"...we had at least two meals a day in the dining car (revenue much?) and although sometimes things had run out if we had late reservations, there were plenty of choices....guess they knew how to run a railroad with an emphasis on customer...
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    Covid Mask Mandate for Transportation

    i use public transportation on a daily basis and applaud the extension of the mask mandate...just wish more drivers/conductors/service attendants could enforce it more
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    Amtrak asks TSA to start screening rail passengers

    and exactly how do YOU recognize "some drug dealing lowlife"?
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    CLE to MIA

    you cannot make the connection in nyc (in the past i have done it , but you cannot now...we usually just plan to spend a night in my favorite city...DC!, but i travel with kids
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    What Amtrak Routes have you taken?

    switzerland-golden pass line, usa-lake shore limited (to boston and to nyc), capital limited; silver star, silver meteor, cardinal, desert wind, pioneer (still my favorite), empire bulder, coast starlight, surfliner, southtwest chief
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    How reliable - or not - is Greyhound?

    have been both those routes, had no problem and no complaints
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    How reliable - or not - is Greyhound?

    greyhound is more reliable than amtrak, i travel on the bus often all over the country; more transfers are needed now than previously, but it gets me where i am going, never had a horror story
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    Amtrak Metropolitan Lounges

    seriously????
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