Recent content by Twin Star Rocket

When I rode Amtrak's SUNSET LIMITED in spring of 1972 there was an automat car in the consist in addition to a full diner. First and only train I rode that had one.

We went in mid-September in 2018 and hit fall colors at their peak.

"Regularly scheduled service on the Atlantic City Line consists mainly of rebuilt ex-Penn Central EMD GP40PH-2A and 2B diesel locomotives pushing or pulling primarily four-car Comet IV trains. When Amtrak had regular service on this line, power was provided by now-retired EMD F40PH locomotives...

Perhaps I'm mistaken! Could it be the new bi-level cars are replacing Arrow III cars? I might have misread a NJT ad at a station.

My wife and I were engaged to be married at the Legal Tender! Special significance to us.

Two weeks ago I tagged along with my wife as she attended a conference in Atlantic City. Since I had a rental car I drove to Cape May one day. Excellent beachcombing near the lighthouse. You can watch the car ferry to Delaware come and go. I found the visitor center which is housed in a...

New name for the New River (Gorge) Train: https://www.autumncolorexpresswv.com/

I flew one spring break (1973?) from New Orleans to San Antonio (on National Airlines!) just to ride the then new INTER-AMERICAN to Fort Worth. Another year I flew Texas International's remaining turbojet prop service from Dallas to Beaumont to Lake Charles where I caught the eastbound SUNSET...

If you research the the timetables of the first two years of Amtrak you'll find some interesting operations. First, trains #12 and 13 operated daily between Oakland and San Diego as the COAST DAYLIGHT. At the same time, #11 and #14 operated three times a week as the COAST STARLIGHT between...

This trip was excellent! In Omaha there was Amtrak's eastbound CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR making a station call over by the Burlington depot and at the same time the Union Pacific excursion train preparing to leave behind Big Boy 4014 over by the Union Station (Durham Museum now). The next public...

There have been several detours over the years within Texas. Ones I've ridden: Taylor to Ft. Worth over the Katy (pre-UP merger) Texarkana to Corsicana over the Cotton Belt Jefferson to Dallas over the KCS and Santa Fe Corsicana to San Antonio via Hearne over the SP Dalsa line San Antonio to...

Well, if you consider the TEXAS EAGLE is a rebranding of the former INTER-AMERICAN, then you can include the segment from Taylor TX to Milano TX as a segment no longer used on a scheduled basis.

I'll limit this to existing Amtrak trains. Is there a section of a route you could ride over at one time but has been taken out of service more or less permanently? I'm thinking of: the Phoenix AZ segment of the SUNSET LIMITED. the Dallas-Ft. Worth segment of the TEXAS EAGLE on the T&P/UP. the...

And glad you did! [Detour lasted long enough to plan a trip or you knew about it in advance to plan a trip.]

But you never did!