TrackWalker

Hello, thanks for letting me join this forum! I'm an HVAC tech, have only rode on Amtrak a handful of times, but was immediately hooked...

Hey new member here I work as a software engineer on the train control system software the dispatchers use in the north east :D

I volunteer with the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority (BSPRA) from Butte, MT. We're the group that is working to restore passenger rail...

Reports noted that a tow truck was attempting to remove a vehicle from the tracks. Every crossing is posted with instructions about how...

This is really a pretty scenic ride, especially if oyu can score a seat on the right (west) side of the train. A good bit of the trip...

Straight of Georgia/ Puget Sound? That is so 20th century. It is now the Salish Sea. (SAY-lish)...

Boarded #8 just a bit ago, from SEA. Have a bedroom booked to myself. First, I *don't* intend this as a complaint thread. The room is...

Day 1 (10/29/2023) Everett up to Vancouver on the Cascades. Got fully packed up yesterday, even loaded my big suitcase in my truck last...

The similarities to the West Coast events in the last few years are discouraging at best. Tracks below bluffs near river or sea or...

I’m bringing my newborn niece with me for her first Amtrak ride soon. It will be a Keystone ride to NYP from Elizabethtown roundtrip...

I went on my first Amtrak trip yesterday (Hiawatha Service), and the train I rode in both ways had the new Venture cars. The seats...

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

hello from manila

Hi everyone! Pleased to join this site as I start my train travel adventure. I have never been on Amtrak. In fact the longest train...

So I had booked Amtrak's California Zephyr round-trip from Chicago to Roseville, CA to visit my brother and his family. My departure...