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The funk that creeps up from a Amtrak toilet has it's own unique smell.

Another view of the interior

Amtrak's yield managers have largely stopped routinely allocating inventory to the low buckets when it is first released for sale 11...

Let me ask clarifying questions. Which trains are offering this menu (just the normal east coast trains?), and how do these options...

Friday we took the Carolinian home from PHL to CLT. When we boarded in PHL, I noticed an extra coach car had been added. I took a walk...

On the Crescent yesterday going from CLT to PHL, wife and I managed to survive another round of flex meals.

Since I have been playing with full size tracks and railroads for most of my working life and had a toy train set, and a Marx O-gauge...

Speaking of service to airports, does anyone remember the short lived service Amtrak had to Atlantic City which they extended over...

I don't mind it either way, but I prefer the dining car. You get flowers, table cloth, someone else to talk to (the server or meal...

regardless... coach or sleeper bedroom... you are entitled to decent service and a comfortable ride!

This was coach not sleeper. Normally I wouldn’t consider bribing someone. But the particular situation involved doing what you have to...

Wife and I like things on the cold side. Last year some moon bat insisted that the car be kept at Florida summer temps. It was Florida...

My round trip on the Empire Builder in January, 2017, was memorable for below-zero temperatures. My rooms were fine, and most of the...

I'm still trying to figure out why a 'mystery' 1960 TQPs 'carried over' from 2020. I ended 2020 with 2397 TQPs. Go figure. I STILL...

Here's a map with all the Chicago area stations, pick a walkable station so you don't have to spend the layover in a park and ride lot...