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SL Trip Report. Just rode the Sunset Limited (Sept 2023) - MRC to HOS ... Roomette booked, force "upgrade" (room change) to Accessible...

Hi Trollopain, my home train and station would be the San Joaquins out of Bakersfield. Northbound from Bakersfield is quite good...

When my sister lived in Fresno she lived next to very busy train yard, lots of produce going on trains. But I never went there by train...

Thank you for adding "albedo" to my vocabulary. "Albedo, fraction of light that is reflected by a body or surface." (Most used in...

Hello everyone, I'm from California's central valley. I've only ridden Amtrak a couple of times, once on a field trip in elementary...

Hey everyone! From Ireland but dated a Michigan girl for a few years a while back so was on the Wolverine a decent amount. Now gonna be...

Well maybe the F59 wasn't running. I caught Amtrak #6(20) running out of Ottumwa, Iowa this morning with only one engine. Based on its...

You ended up with a very unusual engine-combo for the Zephyr. A standard P42 leader followed by an Amtrak California F59HI. I've seen...

I just read a post on trainorders that there was a passenger with a knife onboard 4. This is what caused the delay. It's now...

Amtrak #6(14) arrived in Chicago today with a car from the Federal Railroad Administration's Office of Safety riding behind the engines...

And let's not forget to "credit" (cough cough) a little-known federal agency, the U.S. Commission on Fine Arts, with near-veto power...

You're correct. There was an outcry from architects and preservationists in 2017 when Metro started painting Union Station, the transit...

The fabric was durable as heck. I'm pretty sure there were still some original seats in service after 45+ years. But it also seemed...

Hello All, I'm getting ready to take CZ on Thursday 9/7, have there been any recent issues with completing the route or with dropping...

Thanks for the add. New member, looking forward to finding out more about Amtrak. In the last 2 years I've been on the empire builder...