Recent content by TN Tin Man

I'm surprised that no-one suggested the "train time" route. Amtrak still gives the Texas Eagle - Coast Starlight routing for Chi-PDX. Maximum train time for those AGR points. Of all your options, I would choose from the options that go through LA. The Coast Starlight is still the premier...

I know you didn't ask for advice, but, I'm giving it anyways. If I could, I would would re-book the roomette for the return trip. I love to cruise out of New Orleans. I don't think that I would like to return home from a relaxing cruise in coach. I would take coach down, enjoy the cruise...

I am a recently retired Peace Officer, having worked in both State and County Agencies. One thing to remember, a ticket/citation is only a charging document. Guilt of a crime is the courts job. Yes, tickets can be issued if the officer does not witness the crime. In that case they are issued...

I'm going to be arriving in Seattle on the CS, spending the night in a hotel near the Pioneer Square link light station. The next morning I'm planning to take the LL from Pioneer Square to Sea-Tac to pick up a rental car. A couple of days in Tacoma then back to Sea-Tac to drop the car off...

Thank You for asking this Question and for the informative replies. I would have been searching for the old area across from Traxx. I haven't been through LA in a few years and didn't know they moved the lounge.

I also enjoy a glass or two of wine with my dinner. As a solo you will be seated with others in the Diner. With that in mind I always ask my Dinner-Mates if they mind that I drink. I've never been asked to refrain, but I do understand why people object. It has also been a polite ice breakers...

Thanks all. This is the kind of info I was looking for. (jimhhudson and oregon pioneer) I found Geno Dailey's traveloges and photos on Trainweb. (thanks to Seaboard92) He does a great job of describing the train and route as well taking good photos. Please keep the info coming. I find that...

Every year I try to go to Opening day in a new ballpark. This year I was presented with a chance to go a new route to a favorite park. I'm going to Seattle from Birmingham and get to take the Crescent and the Sunset for the first time. I've taken most of the Western Amtrak routes. (Some I...

Thanks for the correction on Nashville being NVL. I've been getting lazy by using airline codes. The OP's point was new (bus) service from Nashville. I was pointing out that the new bus service involved long bus rides to STL or CHI. I was wondering why the service didn't connect to AMTRAK...

Thanks for heads-up. I booked a trip to Seattle for late March From Birmingham. ( I live in Southern Mid-Tennessee ) Checking the same date now using Nashville (BNA) doesn't allow a final destination of Seattle. I can do multi-city and get there. But the options are bus rides to St. Louis or...

I've been away from this forum for quite a while. I have the opportunity to book a return AGR bedroom from MIA-DEN. I've never traveled AMTRAK on the east coast, much less a veiwliner. I have the option of the SM (98) to connect with either the CL in WAS or the LSL in NYP to CHI. Then the CZ...

I've been away from this forum for awhile. (I get enough politics on TV) My normal vacation time is late winter - early spring. This year I had planned to do a Canadian round trip from Vancouver to Toronto, catch opening day for the Blue Jays then return for opening day for the Mariners in...

As you enter the station the Baggage check is to your left..Ticket counter to the right. A word of advice. The ticket agents get downright rude if you even mention holding baggage. On the other hand the people in the baggage check are freindly and very helpful. If you are traveling in a sleeper...

No offense taken. Ranchers do have to pay for thier grazing leases on public land (BLM, BOR, or Forest). But IMHO it does not come close to the property taxes imposed on private land owners.

If you're asking me directly. Here's my answer. Those provisions of law lay the framework for liability in the circumstances you outline. As to the highway, ODOT has responsibility to fence out cattle or provide signage if there is no fencing. Similiar to wildlife crossing signs. In these...