Recent content by Jackson123

Is it a secret? ;-)

Some time ago, I was chatting with an Acela attendant and he started telling me the nicknames they had for the routes. The ones I remember are: Lake Shore = Late for Sure Capitol Limited = Capitol Punishment Any others that Amtrak employees use? He might have said something about the Silver...

I have to admit to a little trickery here. The shots of the train going by I downloaded from other users on Youtube (I joked with my friends that the toughest part of the shot was running to catch the train as it passed. For the "cab ride" shots, I downloaded video others out of the back window...

Okay, after about a year of planning and 30,000 AGR points, my wife and I finally got to take this trip. In short, it was fantastic, great food, great people, and even a band in the lounge car!! Instead of a long report, you can see the whole trip in 3 minutes here.

Talked to an attendant today. She said the upgrades on the seats (and tray table springs) was going slower than planned because, with the increased ridership, they are not taking as many cars out of service for routine maintenance. Kind of an unfortunate Catch 22.

Oh no!!. My wife and I are taking EB from SEA to Chicago leaving on the 12th. If we are faced with that situation we may just fly and lose the AGR points. We will both be very sad, we've been planning this trip for a year. I hate to ask this, but how good is Amtrak at telling you that you will...

I've been an AGR member for about 2 years now. I thought I would share some observations. 1. ACELA RULES-Sorry rest of country, but us regular Acela business travelers rake in the points doing the BOS-NY-WAS run at 500 pts. (before bonuses, more on that in a sec) between qualified city pairs...

So Mrs. Jackson 123 and I cashed in some AGRs and got a bedroom on the EAST BOUND Empire Builder this July. (I am glad we booked in January, the sleepers are already sold out for our train). Although we are on the East Coast, and there is something "natural" about "going West" we chose the East...

New site is up! Get yer points!!!

Okay, So on Monday I make a last minute decision to take the Capitol Ltd. from Chicago to DC. I was checking the online prices all day. The price for a roomette upgrade was $166, Family bedroom was $196. As departure approached, the roomette upgrade jumped to $2XX and something (I forget...