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Sleepers on NE Regional #66 and #67
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We had a bedroom on the Capitol from Chicago to DC and a friend was in a roomette in the same car. When a mother and her late teen or...
Wednesday at 9:17 PM
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Business Class differences?
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Actually if the BC/Cafe car is last rather than right behind the locomotive, there is no noise from the horn throughout the trip. And if...
Wednesday at 9:01 PM
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jpakala
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Business Class differences?
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Between both STL & KC and STL & Chicago we always want Business Class and it's consistent (2 & 1 seating, well-extending fold-out trays...
Jan 19, 2021
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The obsession with the past is hurting the future of passenger rail
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In 1964 we took the Super Chief and dining was 5-star quality with fresh flowers, heavy-quality silverware & linens, crystal-like...
Jan 18, 2021
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Historical Discussion: Cities with two or more Amtrak stations
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Philadelphia still has two stations, the huge 30th St Station on Market St and the long-time North Philadelphia Station on Broad St.
Jan 13, 2021
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New Amtrak Moynihan train hall at NYP
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I was thinking that as long as there are departure boards at the entrances (which there are) and where people congregate (waiting room...
Jan 10, 2021
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Would Viewliners like these be possible (Or even Useful)?
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My wife & I do not care for rooms without lavatory & toilet facilities and enclosed ones unless traveling alone in the Pullman roomettes...
Jan 3, 2021
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Viewliner II Part 4: Sleeping Car Production, Delivery, Speculation
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From this video I see the Viewliner 2's H room also has that window. We had an H room from NYC to Chicago. It was superb: lots of floor...
Jan 2, 2021
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Will dining cars resume 12/15/20?/Flexible dining extended to May 2021?
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Pre-Amtrak sleeping cars' rooms all had toilets and with the exception of some older style bedrooms, all were in separate enclosures...
Dec 27, 2020
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jpakala
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Hotels at Amtrak connection points nationwide
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Catty-corner from Penn Station is the Stewart Hotel. (For decades it was The Governor Clinton and my father always stayed at it, not the...
Dec 1, 2020
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jpakala
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Bedroom vs. Roomette?
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We had no trouble using the bedroom sink with the bed down, and there is no sink, toilet or shower at all in the roomette on a...
Dec 1, 2020
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jpakala
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Superliner sleeper lower level?
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Amtrak Rail Discussion
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Today at Bloomington/Normal, IL we watched the Texas Eagle which stopped for quite a while. We were on the side which has the aisle by...
Nov 28, 2020
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jpakala
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Auto Train Why not more routes?
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Driving to or from CA is a long, long drive with multiple nights spent for lodging en route unless you want to arrive dead. The Santa...
Nov 28, 2020
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jpakala
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Could Superliners run DC to Miami and/or New Orleans?
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Viewliners are superior especially with the wheelchair-accessible bedroom. The ceilings everywhere are higher, helping reduced...
Nov 24, 2020
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jpakala
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Track Condition
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Riding Santa Fe's Super Chief in 1964 from KC to LA the track was very smooth and in western KS the speeds were especially fast but...
Nov 21, 2020
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